Chaplain sues school after dismissal over LGBTQ+ inclusion programme

The Cheek – an all-new club night for the gays, theys and curious babes is coming to Dublin City this Saturday, September 24 at The Wiley Fox. The Cheek celebrates the art of drag along with pop, house and techno music in an inclusive non-judgmental space. The lineup of the night features previous GCN cover […]

Twitter in defence of the production, I simply decided to go see the play before making any judgments – and it was an absolute triumph. I, Joan explores Joan’s life as an inspiring figure to anyone that has ever felt unheard, or made to feel less for who they are.

Emily Longeretta It may be the first day of fall, but for Hallmark Channel, that means it’s only one month away from their annual “Countdown to Christmas” and “Miracles of Christmas” events. Variety can exclusively reveal the 40 new movies coming this holiday season — 31 on Hallmark and 9 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

Chinese streaming service iQiyi removed ten LGBTQ+ television shows from its Singapore servers on 20 September.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday reiterated his administration’s commitment to LGBTQ and intersex rights abroad.

Boston Globe says the changes at Stoughton High (around 17 miles outside Boston) were announced at a staff meeting last Wednesday. An anonymous member of the faculty told the Globe school officials viewed such as displays as disruptive or distracting.Principal Juliette Miller confirmed this in a follow-up email to staff last Thursday.Explaining the ban, Miller said “’We need to avoid placing items in the classroom that can cause disruption or distraction.

Not wasting any time after the success of their epic Fringe Festival show Wake, THISISPOPBABY has just announced a whopper double bill featuring two of Ireland’s hottest leading ladies, Panti Bliss and Tara Flynn. These brand new solo shows will be presented back-to-back to deliver an evening of heartfelt humour and emotion like no other.  […]

Kevin Kodama, a 26-year-old, queer, Asian-American filmmaker, was saddened and angered by the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic. Then, he was a student studying film at San Francisco State University. “One of my professors encouraged me to channel my feelings {about the hate crimes} into a short film,” Kodama told the Blade.

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Kenyan McDuffie is a voice of reason, and a voice for progress, on the D.C. Council. He has been a voice for those without one, and for minority communities across the District. 

TV veteran Steven Levitan already had a lot of success as a writer, showrunner, and producer before the premiere of “Modern Family” – a series he co-created with Christopher Lloyd – in 2009. That show turned out to be a cultural phenomenon, helping to redefine and normalize the representation of LGBTQ relationships on TV by including a gay couple within its ensemble of central characters while also becoming a long-running fan-favorite, winning scores of awards (including nine primetime Emmys) and being nominated for scores more before airing its final season in 2020. Even with a resume that includes shows like “Wings,” “Frasier,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” and “Just Shoot Me,” that’s got to be considered a career-topping triumph.

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Since season 13 of Rupaul’s Drag Race aired, rumors have flown about one particular queen’s problematic behavior behind the scenes. Now, two of the season’s top finalists have all but confirmed what the fandom has long suspected.Gottmik, who is a trans man, recently spoke out on his No Gorge podcast with Violet Chachki about a cast mate who was directly transphobic to him during filming.In this clip, he states that this queen would call him a transphobic slur to his face:He also states that this queen referred to season winner Symone and her iconic durag look as “ghetto”.The problematic comments were apparently so frequent that Gottmik had to reach out to Drag Race‘s “Queen Care” therapy program during filming for support.Related: Gottmik made history by crashing the “cis-tem” and showing the world that drag isn’t binaryMany fans suspected it to be one specific cast member in the comments.

online. The teacher, identified as Kayla Lemieux, went viral for wearing synthetic boobs with protruding nipples in class at Oakville Trafalgar High School in Canada.

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, just in time for Bisexual Visibility Week, a diverse group of 15 bisexual and pansexual activists met with officials from the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including Melanie Fontes Rainer, the director of the Office of Civil Rights at HHS. 

(CNN) -- Ten European football teams — the Netherlands, England, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Wales — will participate in a season-long "OneLove" campaign promoting inclusion and opposing discrimination.Every country except Sweden and Norway has qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and each captain of these eight nations will wear a distinctive OneLove armband — which features a heart containing colors from all backgrounds — during the tournament.The Netherlands FA, which is spearheading the campaign, chose the colors to represent all heritages, backgrounds, genders, and sexual identities; the armband will be worn in Qatar where same-sex relationships are a criminal offense.Sweden and Norway will participate in the initiative during the upcoming Nations League matches, while England will also wear black armbands during both its UEFA Nations League matches to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II."This is an important message which suits the game of football: on the field everybody is equal and this should be the case in every place in society. With the OneLove band we express this message," said Virgil van Dijk, the Netherlands captain."On behalf of the Dutch team I have been wearing this band for quite a while now.

I feel for NY1 meteorologist Erick Adame, who was outed for performing sex acts on a cam site and fired from his job over the indiscretion.

Grand Slam, which the company promises will be one of its largest events of the year.Ahead of the show that takes place at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, AEW founder, president and CEO Tony Khan spoke with Newsweek about coming into WWE's backyard, as well as how AEW has become viewed by many as the more open and diverse wrestling promotion.AEW made an immediate impact on the professional wrestling scene when it launched in 2019, and it has been threatening WWE's stranglehold on television ratings ever since. While AEW adheres to the same policy as most wrestling companies—and many entertainment entities—of not discussing politics, the promotion has stood out for its open embrace of talent from the LGBTQ+ community.

Strictly Come Dancing star Richie Anderson has revealed he was allowed to choose if he wanted to dance in an all-male partnership.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Somewhere over the rainbow, indeed! Kenya Barris tells me that LGBTQ representation will be featured in his “Wizard of Oz” remake. “The original was an allegory and a reflection of the way the world was at the time with things like the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl,” says Barris, who will write and direct the reimagining for Warner Bros. “Now we’re going to turn a mirror on where we’re at right now and take disparate characters from the LGBTQ community, from different cultural communities and socioeconomic communities, and tell a story that reflects the world. I think this is the best time to do that.”

Warning: this story contains spoilers for episode five of House of the Dragon.Just one week after House of the Dragon fans celebrated Westeros' first black — and gay — dragon rider, they are now calling the show out and accusing it of homophobic tropes.In the most recent episode of the HBO series, viewers were introduced officially to Laenor Velaryon's (Theo Nate) male partner, Joffrey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod) and witnessed the deep love the pair had for each other.But by the end of the episode, Joffrey would be dead in one of the show's most gruesome murder scenes yet.The premise of the most recent episode saw King Viserys I (Paddy Considine) arrange a politically strategic marriage between his daughter and heir, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock) and Laenor.Both youngsters are not so interested in marriage to each other because Laenor's heart is with Joffrey and Rhaenyra has her own paramour, Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel).The pair come to an agreement that they will marry and have an open relationship where they keep their current lovers.Criston, who also serves as Rhaenyra's protector, seethes at the prospect of her marrying someone else and tries to encourage her to run away with him, but becomes enraged when she does not agree.Later, at the welcoming dinner for Rhaenyra and Laenor's wedding festival, Joffrey works out that Criston is the princess' lover.He approaches him with a proposal, saying they could work together to protect their loved ones during their marriage and that way ensure they would always be near them.But a clearly upset Criston lashes out at Laenor and viciously attacks him in the middle of the reception beating his face to a bloody pulp.It was this scene that lead to outrage amongst the show's

Officials with Dallas Southern Pride announced this week that they have cancelled Black Pride Weekend events traditionally scheduled each year at the end of September/first of October due to concern over increasing monkeypox infections in Dallas County.

Fancy a pair of tickets to see a new Irish-made LGBTQ+ film? Look no further! We have two tickets to see Pure Grit in cinemas on its opening night in the Irish Film Institute on September 30 at 6:30 pm. Spanning over the course of three years, the film follows the life of a young […]

The U.S. Department of Justice settled their lawsuit against a town in Indiana, filed this April, that denied a qualified applicant for a Clarksville Police Department position due to the individual's HIV status.

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The Southern Baptist Convention's top managerial body voted on Tuesday to cut ties with two congregations — an LGBTQ-friendly church in North Carolina, which left the denomination decades ago, and one in New Jersey cited for unspecified alleged discrimination.After the two-day conference in Nashville, the executive committee voted, despite being under investigation by the Department of Justice, the Associated Press reports. The federal government is believed to have begun investigating the Southern Baptist Convention after a consultancy uncovered sexual abuse within the organization, followed by mistreatment of survivors by church officials. Though the DOJ didn't confirm reports about the subject of its investigation, the organization has suggested it was, according to the news wire.Tuesday's voting committee proclaimed that the College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro failed to be in compliance because of its "open affirmation, approval and endorsement of homosexual behavior."The College Park congregation had voted to leave the Southern Baptist Convention in 1999, the AP reports, and its website declares it's not a part of the organization but is a member of more progressive Baptist associations.The church website reflects a mission of inclusivity and affirmation, stating, "Our church family in Greensboro welcomes and affirms all persons without distinction regarding race, ethnicity, national origin, class, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other category created by humans.

An L.G.B.T.Q. student group offered to delay seeking recognition from Yeshiva University, its members said Wednesday, after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling prompted the Modern Orthodox Jewish institution to suspend all undergraduate club activities rather than sanction the group.

In a Blade article (9/2/22) Larry’s Lounge (LL) customer Brett Howard fondly called Larry’s Lounge “a dive bar.” Yes, it is and so much more.

The race in New York’s 3rd congressional district is seen as critical in the mid-term elections as Republicans are poised to retake the House and Democrats are trying to preserve their razor-thin majority. But the New York race holds another important distinction as the two candidates — Robert Zimmerman and George Santos — are openly gay, marking the first time out gay candidates from the two major parties have squared off in a House race.

The anticipated Hellraiser reboot has just landed. The much-anticipated horror stars Transgender actress Jamie Clayton portraying the notorious villain Pinhead, leader of pain-obsessed beings called the Cenobites who feed off of the suffering of others. The trailer was released on Tuesday 20 September and offered a glimpse of what’s to come in the remake.  The […]

Wesley Combs, president of the board of directors of CAMP Rehoboth, the Rehoboth Beach LGBTQ community center, was among more than 300 homeowners and renters in Rehoboth Beach that had clear plastic bags stuffed with anti-Semitic flyers placed in the front yards of their home this past weekend, according to Combs and a statement from Rehoboth police.

The Ohio State School Board of Education is set to vote in October on two resolutions regarding funding for free meal programs for students. If passed, one of the resolutions would oppose the recent measures adopted by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the prohibition on discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community. If adopted it […]

Despite heavy downpours mixed with light rain showers, more than 10,000 anti-LGBTQ protestors gathered in this ancient city and principal seaport of Turkey on Sunday, protesting what organizers said was to protect their children from the “LGBTQ terrorist propaganda agenda.”

Thousands of people marched on Sunday (18 September) in what is believed to be the largest anti-LGBTQ+ demonstration Turkey has ever seen.

Produced by ‘The Argument’ As the feminist movement has regrouped in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, one of the more surprising debates that has emerged has been one about semantics.

The USDA has been facing legal disputes for months now, and the reason why is astounding (derogatory).The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the USDA’s program that helps to fund public school meals, stepped up its Title IX compliance guidelines for fund recipients earlier this summer.The official press release on the decision explains that “state and local agencies, program operators and sponsors that receive funds from FNS must investigate allegations of discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.“Those organizations must also update their non-discrimination policies and signage to include prohibitions against discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.”Public figures who would prefer schools be allowed to discriminate freely took umbrage with this, resulting in a coalition of some 22 states‘ attorneys general filing a lawsuit against the USDA.Related: The DeSantis administration’s latest transphobic ruling has them headed straight for a lawsuitNow, the Ohio State School Board of Education is set to vote on two different resolutions that prove that they can’t quite figure out whether they want all kids to eat or not.One of these resolutions would expand the free meal programs to all Ohio students. The other would directly oppose the USDA’s recent anti-discrimination measures regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.The message sent is that they want all students to eat, unless they’re students they want to discriminate against.

Rafael Díaz, whose story of compatibility with his husband – both relationship and renal compatibility – showed that gay love has no bounds; small town Mayor Ty Penserga, whose honest style beat an anti-gay extremist in his local election; Ohio drag queen Robert Dennick Joki who used song to fight anti-gay protestors at a kid-friendly event; the Belfast, Maine Gender-Sexuality Alliance, a group of teens who stepped up and saved their local Pride festivities; and Jose Solivan, whose proposal to his fiancé on Good Morning America woke up our hearts.The nominees for LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Good News Hero prove peace, love and understanding win the day. Vote now for LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Good News Hero.Rafael DíazWhen Reid Alexander swiped right on Tinder in 2020, he had no idea he’d found a perfect match — for a new kidney.Alexander, who was diagnosed with kidney-impairing Alport syndrome at 17, found out at 24 he was down to just 20% of function for the blood-filtering organs, each about the size of a fist.

In recent years, Morgantown, West Virginia has been trending in the right direction on LGBTQ rights.After being taken out for a couple years by the pandemic, the town’s Pride celebrations returned late this summer. They even hosted their first ever Pride parade, with hundreds of community members turning out to celebrate and show support.In spite of this–or perhaps in retaliation–the local school board proposed a decision to remove any and all Pride flags from Monongalia County schools earlier this month.The school district’s policy states:Non-school related activities, including political activities, do not contribute to a positive learning climate and may be disruptive, divisive and distracting.

A Seattle Pacific University staffer has come out to her colleagues as a lesbian at a time when the conservative Christian school is facing legal action over its anti-LGBTQ+ policies.“My name is Kristi Holt and I am a lesbian,” Holt, a chemistry lab coordinator and adjunct instructor, wrote in a recent email to faculty and staff, The Seattle Times reports.The university has been the site of protests for several months, and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is investigating its hiring practices. Seattle Pacific is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, a conservative denomination that is separate from the United Methodist Church.

(CNN) -- Montana will comply with a court order requiring it to enforce a process that makes it easier for residents to change the sex designations on their birth certificates, the state's health department said Monday, abandoning a recent effort to impose stricter rules in the record-changing process."The Department has received the court's order clarifying the preliminary injunction and despite disagreeing with it, intends to comply with its terms," said Jon Ebelt, a spokesman for Montana's Department of Public Health and Human Services, in a statement.In a Monday order, Judge Michael G.

Gay men are blowing the whistle now, two months before the World Cup, demanding the host nation of Qatar change its anti-LGBTQ ways.

Kelley Robinson, a Black, Queer woman and veteran of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, is to become the next president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s leading LGBTQ group announced on Tuesday.

Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.), at a time when racial disparities in the monkeypox outbreak are becoming more pronounced, took a visible role Thursday in embracing efforts in contain the disease, putting out a video of him obtaining a vaccine.

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Before we get to the 2022 midterm elections we have to find out who is the best of DC! You nominated and now we have our Top 5 finalists. Vote for your favorites in our 2022 Best of LGBTQ DC categories through October 2nd. Our 2022 Best of LGBTQ DC will be announced at the Best of LGBTQ DC Awards Party on October 20th and our special issue will come out on Friday, October 21st.

Reddit's popular "Am I The A**hole" forum where it received more than 9,300 upvotes and 3,500 comments. The post can be found here.The annual tuition for traditional four-year colleges in the U.S.

(CNN) -- The Biden administration is largely downplaying President Joe Biden's comments declaring the coronavirus pandemic "over," suggesting his remarks signal a continuation of the White House's evolving stance toward the pandemic over the past few months."The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with Covid.

Today is National Voter Registration Day, a chance to unite as a country in our democracy, and around the issues important to LGBTQ people and all Americans.GLAAD polling of LGBTQ voters has consistently shown our top concerns are the same as most Americans: abortion, healthcare, jobs and the economy, and climate change. The lives of LGBTQ people and especially queer people of color are deeply affected by these issues, and they are rooted in values every American cherishes: freedom, health and safety, love for our children, and a desire for a more prosperous future.GLAAD urges the media to include LGBTQ voices in the campaign conversation.