Federal judge temporarily blocks anti-trans youth sports law in Indiana

Sometimes the simplest answer is the right one.After rocker Tommy Lee said “to hell with the rules” and shared a full-frontal selfie with his 1.5 million Instagram followers earlier this month, many wondered… why?Was it, as his caption claimed, all a big “Ooooopppsss”? Nobody was buying that.Or could it have been some crude-but-shrewd marketing to get more people aware of his new music? Lee’s Instagram bio includes a link to his “new album, ANDRO,” after all.Related: Tommy Lee goes full-frontal on Instagram and the Internet has thoughtsWell, it turns out the album was actually released in 2020, so there goes that theory. Also, it might be time to update that bio.Lee provided the messy context this week to a crowd of fans in San Antonio, Texas, attributing his overshare to being on a “mother f*cking bender.”“A couple of weeks ago, we had like a two-week break off the tour, and I went on a mother f*cking bender, bro,” Lee, 59, said.

(CNN) -- Passengers traveling from France to England were evacuated from a Eurotunnel train underneath the English Channel on Tuesday before being left stranded for hours.“A train has broken down in the tunnel and we are in the process of transferring customers to a separate passenger shuttle via the service tunnel, to return to our Folkestone terminal,” Eurotunnel tweeted late Tuesday U.K. time.

(CNN) — Contemporaries, competitors, and friends, Tim Miller and Lis Smith have each written a memoir exploring some of the events that have left the electorate so disillusioned. Miller, driven from the GOP by Donald Trump's depredations, catalogs a "Republican road to hell" he fears "might just go on forever;" Smith, a Democrat, tells a "political love story" that has tested her idealism but nonetheless left it intact.Stylish and acerbic, Smith has endured plenty of dispiriting experiences as a campaign operative.

The eyes of Tammy Faye are going to be back upon us all this October with the debut of a brand new musical, Tammy Faye.The televangelist became an unlikely gay ally in the ’80s, as she showed public kindness and empathy to HIV/AIDS patients that was uncharacteristic of folks in her religious field.Sir Elton John is scoring the upcoming show, which is set to premiere in his native London. For even more gay spice, Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters will be the show’s lyricist.

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Justice League, his natural charisma shines through. His energy is just infectious.So, when he giddily teased his upcoming role in the 10th Fast & Furious movie, it was hard for us not to get excited, too.

The DIFFA Dallas signature culinary event — Burgers + Burgundy — will take place at the Peace Plaza at Cathedral of Hope on the evening of Oct. 14 from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Honey, I am not going to follow you just cos you came up on my walk through Soho.1) I'm 29, I'm not on Snapchat. 2) Just send the pics on Grindr – it even has a disappearing photo option now!I hate to break it to you, but I hoped you were the other guy and now I'm disappointed.If NASA can take a high-res picture of galaxies then you can take a selfie.Some days "hey" is my least favourite word.Are you though? ARE YOU?If you're on a picnic with your dad, why are you on Grindr anyway?After seven messages my way with no responses, why are still going? Read between the lines and stop ~asking~ for the block.You were all about coming over to mine and now you're leaving me on read?We're already DM'ing, aren't we?I appreciate the hustle, but come on.I know this happens, but telling people en masse is just...

A conservative Republican in the U.S. Senate who previously indicated he sees “no reason to oppose” legislation seeking to codify same-sex marriage is changing his tune, calling it “completely unnecessary” in remarks that could undermine efforts to pass the bill.

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To escape what she says has become “really bad” harassment in her country, transgender activist Clara Sorrenti, from London, Canada, is decamping for now. As she prepares to head to Europe, following online harassment and doxxing campaigns led by users of the notorious Kiwi Farms message board, supporters of the young victim are trying to convince Cloudflare to drop the right-wing site, which appears to be unavailable. As a result of communications alleged to be from her saying she was about to shoot people at London City Hall, Sorrenti, 28, also known as Keffals on Twitch, was victimized by a SWATting attack earlier this month. Sorrenti posted a video to her YouTube channel titled “My life is in danger.

A school district in northern Texas has adopted a policy restricting the discussion of sexual orientation, gender identity, and race in classrooms.Only 72 hours before the Monday board vote, the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District — located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area — released a 36-page document of proposed policies to be implemented for the upcoming school year, the Texas Observer reports. The policies prohibit teachers from discussing “gender fluidity” with students and restrict other topics, such as banning talk of sexual orientation and gender identity until after fifth grade.They also allow teachers to refuse to use students' preferred pronouns, even if their parents approve, and bar trans students from using the multi-occupancy restrooms and changing rooms consistent with their gender identity, alhough schools could make other accommodations, according to The Dallas Morning News.Among the proposed policies are restrictions on which books to allow in classrooms and libraries, banning anything that contains “inappropriate material.” What the board deems “inappropriate material” is vague, with the document defining it as “patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable for minors.”The section on gender fluidity reads, “For purposes of this policy, ‘Gender Fluidity’ means any theory or ideology that (1) espouses the view that biological sex is merely a social construct, (2) espouses the view that it is possible for a person to be any gender or none (i.e.

The D.C. Department of Health announced on Aug. 12 that it has expanded one of its main eligibility criteria for the monkeypox vaccine from men who have sex with men who have had multiple sex partners during the previous two weeks to all people of any sexual orientation or gender who have had multiple sex partners within the past two weeks.

Amid fears monkeypox would spread at an increased rate at the end of summer as gay men gather in close quarters for dance parties and other celebrations, health experts are starting to emphasize that the current outbreak isn’t spreading through minimal skin-to-skin contact, such as brushing up against a fellow shirtless dance partner, but rather through sexual activity and overwhelmingly among men who have sex with men.

A former college football player says he was harassed and brutally attacked by a teammate who thought he was gay, and that the team’s coaches not allowed the abuse to continue, but gave him the worst advice imaginable.In a federal lawsuit, John Haynes describes the intensely homophobic environment he endured while playing at Troy University in Alabama. He alleges that fellow player Jack Dawson, with whom he also shared a living suite, tormented him during their time as teammates.Dawson’s list of alleged abuses is harrowing — it includes verbal assaults, physical beatings, and forced sodomy.

 

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As a transgender teenager, former elite British rugby player Verity Smith was told he would be kicked off the girls’ rugby team if he began living as a boy – even if he did not start hormone therapy to transition gender.

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.

Transgender women have been banned from full-contact rugby from next season following a narrow vote by the Rugby Football Union (RFU).

Prison bosses have been slammed after admitting a halfway house to get women ready for release could host trans prisoners.

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.

"Why just the other day, I saw one of them he-she's walking around. You don't see that stuff where I came from." He must have used the term "he-she" a couple of times and it was like the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard.I thought about what I should say or do. Should I speak up and tell him that the term "he-she" is disrespectful? Should I say, "You know, I'm transgender too." I didn't say anything.

A transgender woman told the Washington Blade she was subjected to repeated anti-trans name calling by four young men and a young woman on the section of 17th Street, N.W. near Dupont Circle where two gay bars and many LGBTQ-friendly restaurants are located.

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Piers Morgan, 57, has reignited the row surrounding transgender women in sport.The broadcaster shared a controversial tweet regarding the Lionesses’ win during Tuesday's semi-final.In view of his 7.9 million followers, Piers typed: “Football’s coming home… to people who don’t identify as men! #LionessesLive”Twitter account FootballJOE soon replied to the tweet, asking: “Why are you like this?”Piers then went on to explain that his intention was to “mock” the “woke mob”.He wrote: “I’ll tell you why.. because we should be celebrating England’s women footballers for their gender-specific brilliance - but nobody’s even allowed to say what a woman is these days for fear of cancellation by the woke mob, and I want to mock that madness until it stops.”Comedian and podcast host Adam Rowe replied to Piers’ tweet, accusing Piers of making the Lionesses’ victory a “trans issue”.He penned: “That’s just not true though is it.“Loads of people are tweeting their joy and congratulations at England’s women’s team, calling them women and nobody but you is making it a Trans issue.

YouTube star NikkieTutorials has made history as the first trans woman to cover The Knot magazine.

preliminary injunction on Tuesday to allow a trans girl in Indiana to rejoin her all-girls softball team while the case continues.The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana’s judge Jane Magnus-Stinson made the order to allow 10-year-old A.M. to play on her team after her school told her parents she could no longer be on the team following the passage of the state's anti-trans sports ban, House Enrolled Act 1041.The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sued the school district in April on behalf of the girl, challenging the state's ban on trans girls participating in school sports that match their gender identity.“When misinformation about biology and gender is used to bar transgender girls from school sports it amounts to the same form of sex discrimination that has long been prohibited under Title IX, a law that protects all students – including trans people – on the basis of sex,” Ken Falk, legal director of the ACLU of Indiana, said in a statement.

on the cover of The Knot’s fall issue, becoming the first out trans woman to receive that honor in the process. The YouTube beauty guru turned makeup mogul opened up about her upcoming wedding plans, her romantic proposal story, and how her soon-to-be husband Dylan (literally) held her hand while she came out as trans to the world in 2020.Nikkie began her beauty influencer career on YouTube at age 14 and has since amassed nearly 14 million subscribers. It’s an incredible feat and also a massive audience to come out to, especially before she was totally ready to do so.

family photos has delighted the internet this week after it was viewed more than 1 million times.On Wednesday, Nicolás Cazorla Fernández shared the video taken while he was visiting his family in Spain. On a trip back from Charleston, South Carolina, where he attends college, Cazorla Fernández was asked by his grandfather for a new picture to update the old one in his home.As a transgender man, Cazorla Fernández began sharing his transition on TikTok recently, while receiving his gender confirmation surgery.He told Newsweek: "A video of me acting dumb in the hospital with my dad went viral and I realized that a lot of people in the trans community wanted to see more about what surgery entails.

In a blow to LGBTQ+ rights, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) are set to vote on a policy banning trans women from women’s rugby.

in her online blog.The 27-year-old was placed on suicide watch by prison staff after she tried to hang herself on the van journey to the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, she added.Minor’s most recent post, entitled ‘Being Forced to Live in a Male Prison’, pleaded with prison bosses to send her back to a female prison.She wrote: ‘As a woman who is transgender I truly fear what lies ahead for me, its clear that staff have looked for some kind of security reason to kick me out of the only female correctional facility, they have thrown me to the wolves and expected for me just gave up.‘I am baffled and disgusted by this use power and I can only ask that the commissioner and governors office please send me back.

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Anything’s Possible star Eva Reign hopes the romantic comedy will inspire Black trans women around the world to pursue the life they deserve. 

Kimberly Kantor, second from left, and Lorie Burch, center, with their children, from left, Kaia, Poppy Jean (in Burch’s arms) and Carlie, holding Adlee Louise

Hollywood has given us so many queer teen romances over the last few years that it’s easy to forget a not-so-distant past when LGBTQ people had to grow up watching movies that only showed the pangs of first love through a heteronormative filter, and relate to the experience as best they could via the pretty straight kids enacting it on the screen. It was a take-what-you-can-get situation that left a lot of people feeling left out, isolated, and unseen.

Michaela Zee editorQuidditch, the real-life sport based on the beloved broom-flying game from the “Harry Potter” book and movie series, has officially been changed to “Quadball.”U.S. Quidditch and Major League Quidditch — now rebranded as U.S. Quadball (USQ) and Major League Quadball (MLQ) — both announced the name change this week.

NJ Advance Media reports. The media company had reported in April that two women at the prison had become pregnant through consensual relationships with a trans prisoner, later identified as Minor (the state prohibits even consensual sexual relationships among prisoners).

Harry Potter, will now be called quadball. The move comes after the sport’s governing bodies decided on renaming it due to J.K.

Reddit forum, earning 5,700 upvotes and 1,100 comments for his post, "AITA for throwing a gender reveal party for my son instead in the same week as my sister's baby shower?"He says that his son, 19, came out as transgender three years ago, and just completed his transition. He told his father that since coming out, he'd wanted to have a gender reveal party.

It was getting an abortion after being raped as a teenager that drove transgender man Adri Perez to help set up an LGBTQ-inclusive fund in the U.S. state of Texas to support others wanting to end their pregnancies.

An estimated 20,000 gathered in Brighton in protest for trans liberation on Saturday (16 July). Trans Pride Brighton returned last weekend for the first time since before the pandemic. 

Supreme Court's decision, the state asked the 11th Circuit to overturn a partial injunction to the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act. They even cited the Roe verdict in their appeal.This partial injunction had prevented doctors who prescribe hormones and puberty blockers to trans minors from being charged with a Class C felony. If it is appealed, doctors could face up to 10 years in jail for prescribing these drugs.We don't know what this would mean for my 17-year-old son, Phin, as he has already been injecting himself with testosterone every week for the past year.

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In a ruling issued late Friday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing guidance on two federal statutes aimed at preventing discrimination against LGBTQ people.