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Manchester, my best friend patiently tried to paint the nails on my fidgeting hands.I had never painted my nails before, but that wasn’t why I was nervous: it was my first Pride, despite the fact I’d come out as gay seven years earlier.Vibrating with anticipation, I was unsure what to expect or how I would react. I felt uncomfortable but yearned to belong to the celebrations that were rattling the hotel’s windows.My friend squeezed my hand as we wandered towards the Pride parade and wormed our way to a good spot at the barriers.

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German football director Oliver Bierhoff has slammed Qatar over its treatment of the LGBTQ+ community.  

Long-overdue law reforms to ban religious organisations and faith-based schools in Victoria from refusing to hire or sacking teachers and staff for being LGBTQI came into effect Tuesday, June 14, 2022. The Equal Opportunity (Religious Exceptions) Amendment Act passed by the Victorian Parliament in December 2021 commenced on Tuesday. Victoria now joins other jurisdictions in Australia that have enacted laws to protect LGBTQI staff. Tasmania, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) already prohibit religious organisations and schools from sacking staff for being LGBTQI. LGBTQI advocacy organisations and unions said that the Victorian government’s law reforms protect not just school staff but also students.“This is a day to celebrate,” Debra James, General Secretary, Independent Education Union Victoria Tasmania told Star Observer.

Lady Gaga is reportedly in talks to join Joaquin Phoenix in the upcoming Joker sequel. 

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Rebel Wilson has responded to almost being outed by an Australian newspaper.

WALB. She also objected to the camp’s framing of her gender identity as a “life choice.”“If it was a choice, I wouldn’t choose to be a part of the LGBTQ community or be trans because I wouldn’t want to put myself through the struggles that other people don’t have to go through,” Clark said.Connie Bivens, the counselor at Connect Camps who sent the message, noted that the organization is a faith-based camp that travels around the world and holds week-long camp sessions for elementary school children ranging from kindergarten to eighth grade. But she denied that Clark’s gender identity had any influence on the decision.Rather, Bivens said, she had overheard other girls at the camp talking about Clark in a negative way, prompting the counselors to hold a meeting to discuss the situation.

Fire Island has brought a lot of attention to its dreamy queer stars, a cast of crush-worthy actors including Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, and Matt Rogers (to name a few). Among them is the hunky Phillips—best known for The Vampire Diaries spin-off, Legacies—who’s making the most of the limelight, and throwing his name in the ring for a splashy new role: Hercules.To paraphrase the great Mo’nique: We would like to see it!A quick trigger warning to those who may be upset by the acknowledgment of the passage of time, but today marks the 25th anniversary of the Disney Animation classic, Hercules, a colorful, musical spin on the story of the titular demigod.

Pixar’s new animated film Lightyear has been banned from cinemas in multiple countries over LGBTQ+ content.

Kamala Harris is showing her support for the LGBTQ+ community! The Vice President made a special appeareance at Capitol Pride in Washington where she was joined on stage by Rupaul’s Drag Race Season 13 winner Symone, becoming the first Vice President to attend a Pride event.During her speech, Harris talked about the 31 people arrested in Idaho during a Pride event, for conspiracy to riot. “No one should fear going to a Pride celebration because of a white supremacist,” she stated.The Vice President was accompanied by her husband Douglas Emhoff, and she took a moment to reference the deadly Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando where 49 people were killed, as it was the sixth anniversaty of the tragedy.“No one should fear going to a nightclub for fear that a terrorist might try to take them down,” Harris said, adding “No one should fear loving who they love.”“Our children in Texas and Florida should not fear who they are,” she delcared, denouncing the controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.

Lele Pons has amazing role model parents, so much that the well known social media sensation could not feel more proud of them. This week, Lele has joined Pride month celebrations, which are close to her heart, since her father, Luis Pons, is part of the community.

So apparently it wasn't @RebelWilson's choice to come out... The @smh/@theage have admitted to giving her a heads up 2 days in advance that they were going to "out" her.

Ricky Martin opened up about the time Barbara Walters tried outing him in an interview.Speaking to People, the 49-year-old singer said he felt “violated” by the iconic journalist’s line of questioning when they sat down together in 2000.During the awkward chat, Walters told Martin he could he could “stop these rumors” about his sexuality by, oh, you know, coming out to her right then and there. He politely declined, telling her, “Barbara, for some reason, I just don’t feel like it.”Speaking to the Toronto Star in 2010, Walters said she regretted the way she interrogated him.“I pushed Ricky Martin very hard to admit if he was gay or not, and the way he refused to do it made everyone decide that he was,” she said.

Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed on Monday that a nationwide tampon shortage is being fueled by tampons placed in men's bathrooms for transgender people.Supply chain issues and inflation remain a problem millions of Americans are facing, and tampons have been affected due to the rising cost of materials used to produce menstrual products.However, the Georgia Republican claimed the shortage is being caused by tampons in men's bathrooms during an appearance on the conservative Right Side Broadcasting Network in her latest remarks against the transgender community."Now there's a shortage of tampons, and that's probably because men are buying tampons," Greene said during a discussion on the transgender community, denouncing what she called the "war on women."While some businesses, schools and other public venues have begun putting tampons in men's bathrooms, experts have pointed to inflation and rising production costs as instead causing the current tampon shortage.Cotton and plastic, two materials used in the production of tampons, have become more expensive due to the demand of making COVID-19 safety gear such as masks, according to a CNN report. The issue has been further exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war, as both countries are key fertilizer exporters.Inflation has also hiked the price of menstrual products.

By Josh PallasPride Month has become a celebration for the queer community. But it should always be deeply enmeshed with the ongoing struggle for queer liberation.

LGBT pride flags as part of a protest against the school's ban on allowing full-time staff to be in same-sex relationships.The video was posted Monday to TikTok by the account @EngaygeTheCulture, which is run by the Associated Students of Seattle Pacific (ASSP), the group leading the SPU protest.The clip—simply a montage of students handing over the flags and receiving their diplomas—is captioned "POV: the president of your university thinks being LGBTQ+ is a 'lifestyle choice' and a 'morality issue' so you decide to give him a gift at graduation," and has received nearly 2 million views.We’ve also been sleeping outside his office for 19 days in a gay sit-in but he usually doesn’t say hi to us. #pride #pridemonth #lgbtq #gay #graduation #fyp #seattle #changethepolicy #hiregayprofsHanding SPU President Pete Menjares LGBT pride flags isn't the extent of the protest.

The gays over on Twitter have gotten a lot of things trending over the years, but this one might be the wildest yet.It all started innocently enough, when an account devoted to U.S. presidents posted this old photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower:Dwight D.

The Music Man. Producers announced that Jackman tested positive for COVID.“Once again, standbys and understudies save the day and, in this case, it’s Max Clayton to the rescue.

Colombian singing sensation Maluma used a ‘broken heart’ emoji to cover up his latest thirst trap (wouldn’t want to anger Instagram’s all-powerful censors), and it’s an apt choice.But while some fans will no doubt feel a tad crestfallen that the closest they’ll ever get to the original shot includes a pixelated icon, we’re just happy that the other icon in the photo decided to leave the hotel robe hanging on the wall.We’re assuming that’s Maluma’s girlfriend, architect Susana Gómez, behind him, but who can never be sure?Regardless, fans were certainly swooning:  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)Of course, this isn’t the first time Maluma has shown a little (or a lot of) skin.Here’s a trip down memory lane:  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)  A post shared by MALUMA (@maluma)

Seattle Times reports.Jeaux Rinedahl, an adjunct nursing professor, sued SPU in 2021, saying it denied him a tenured position because he’s gay. The case has been settled out of court, but the fight over anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination predated his lawsuit and is continuing.SPU’s Faculty Senate gave the trustees a “no confidence” vote last year, and this year a working group recommended that the trustees rescind the policy.

The 75th annual Tony Awards proved to be a spectacular night that was full of LGBTQ+ winners.

When she’s not warning people about the government ‘zapping’ people for eating meat, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene uses her webcast, MTG: Live, to discuss other, totally made up issues facing the nation.During a recent episode, Greene sat down with her GOP colleague Matt Gaetz, who harshly criticized Democratic Rep.

A Pride event in Arlington over the weekend was hit with protesters that one attendee caught on video and posted to Reddit.

Before Rebel Wilson, the Australian actress and comedian, publicly revealed her new relationship, an Australian columnist who covers celebrities had given her representatives less than two days to comment before he published a column about the new couple. In a since-deleted column published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday, the columnist, Andrew Hornery, said that instead of “outing” Ms. Wilson, 42, he “erred on the side of caution” and gave her representatives two days to comment about her relationship with Ramona Agruma, a designer, “before publishing a single word.” “In a perfect world, ‘outing’ same-sex celebrity relationships should be a redundant concept in 2022,” Mr.

Kids attending a drag queen story hour at the San Lorenzo public library in the East Bay were confronted by right-wing protesters June 11, as alleged members of the Proud Boys barged in and harassed drag queen Panda Dulce as she was reading to the children."So who brought the tranny?" they yelled, according to KQED. They also called her "it" and a "pedophile."Dulce said she was shaken by the experience."I didn't know if they were armed. I was only acutely aware of the fact that neither myself nor any of the other librarians were," she told KQED, which also quoted Dulce saying on her Instagram account the men "totally freaked out the kids.

< 1 min read German airline Lufthansa has taken Pride month to the next level decking out one of their Airbus A320neo aircraft with a rainbow seating display and renaming the ship “Lovehansa”. The plane from Europe’s second-largest airline will be used on special destinations throughout Europe during the northern hemisphere summer.

My Fake Boyfriendis coming to Prime Video in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, LatAm, and Brazil on June 10, and all other territories on June 24.

Buenos Aires Times reports.The move drew immediate backlash from proponents of inclusive language, which is currently in wide use by the city’s schools and young people. Among the critics of Larreta’s decision is the nonbinary actor and star of the HBO series Our Flag Means Death, Vico Ortiz.Taking to Twitter, Ortiz wrote an impassioned message directed to the Argentinean government.“Argentina’s government has made it [illegal] to use or educate about inclusive language in schools. I feel disappointed.

WPVI reports. The trans woman’s companions were both shot, one in the arm and the other grazed in the head.

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KFOR. Shortly thereafter, the couple had a son via artificial insemination. While Wilson carried the child, Williams was there for the birth, cut the umbilical cord, and was listed on the birth certificate. The couple’s son was even named after a family member on Williams’ side.The couple has since filed for divorce and Wilson petitioned the court to remove Williams’ from the birth certificate.

Spain announced 23 new cases on Friday, May 20. The Madrid regional health chief Enrique Ruiz Escudero told reports that health officials have been tracing the cases from an outbreak at the now-closed sauna, Reuters reports."The Public Health Department will carry out an even more detailed analysis...

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Daily Echo he and Trussler were holding hands and cuddling against the cold when a group of young men approached from across the street yelling homophobic slurs."Three guys crossed the road, saw us cuddling because it was cold and they went in on us,” Miedzwiecki told the outlet. "They started calling us queers, and all that stuff.”Miedzwiecki began recording the encounter with his phone and shouted “how dare you” at the group.

A 17-year-old gay Florida high school student who was suspended after organizing a highly-successful statewide protest against Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” law now says school officials are blocking him from running for class president.

statement released Wednesday.The department said they are working closely with the CDC and other relevant partners to conduct contact tracing and prevent the further spread of the virus.While this is the first confirmed case this year in the U.S., outbreaks have occurred across Europe. The U.K.

for leading a protest against the state’s new "don’t say gay" law at his high school now says the school is preventing him from running for class president.Jack Petocz, 17, said school authorities at Flagler Palm Coast High School are saying the disciplinary actions he received for leading those protests now preclude him from running for any student body office.“My name is Jack Petocz, and I am a 17-year-old gay student activist in Flagler County,” Petocz posted to social media, detailing his efforts organizing over 500 students in the protests. These efforts included the personal purchase of over 300 Pride flags, which he distributed despite school officials classifying than as a “political statement.”Petocz, a political strategist associate with Gen-Z for Change, characterized the protests as a success, but school officials viewed things differently.

for leading a protest against the state’s new "don’t say gay" law at his high school now says the school is preventing him from running for class president.Jack Petocz, 17, said school authorities at Flagler Palm Coast High School are saying the disciplinary actions he received for leading those protests now preclude him from running for any student body office.“My name is Jack Petocz, and I am a 17-year-old gay student activist in Flagler County,” Petocz posted to social media, detailing his efforts organizing over 500 students in the protests. These efforts included the personal purchase of over 300 Pride flags, which he distributed despite school officials classifying than as a “political statement.”Petocz, a political strategist associate with Gen-Z for Change, characterized the protests as a success, but school officials viewed things differently.

An outbreak of the rare monkeypox infection in United Kingdom and Europe has led to health authorities asking gay and bisexual men to watch out for symptoms, including for tell-tale skin lesions or rashes on any part of their body. The number of cases in the UK rose to nine, while Portugal and Spain reported 20 suspected cases and 23 suspected cases respectively. Many of the recent cases have been reported among gay and bisexual men and men who have sex with men.

held in custody since February after allegedly attempting to enter the country with vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage. The U.S.

Truro Crown Court in Cornwall last week, Cornwall Live reports.Prosecutor Heather Hope told the court the two were neighbors and Hambley befriended the lonely young teen after he had offered to help with her yard work. Their friendship grew close, and Hambley began plying the young lad with alcohol and tobacco to lessen his inhibitions before forcing sex on him.“I wish I had you in my bedroom,” she eventually told the boy, Hope said.She told the court how things changed a short while later.“He confided in her that he was gay and she walked him into the bedroom and said she was going to prove he was straight before snogging him on the bed,” Hope revealed, adding the sexual abuse continued over the next several weeks.

existential threat to both the sovereignty of Ukraine and the rights of LGBTQ+ people.In his Feb. 24 speech, President Vladimir Putin used LGBTQ+ rights as a justification for his military operation, arguing that the West sought to destroy Russian “traditional values” with their “false values.”For some LGBTQ+ Ukrainians, the war is a call to arms — both in support of their homeland and in support of their rights.

Karine Jean-Pierre proudly announced, “I am obviously acutely aware that my presence at this podium represents a few firsts. I am a Black, gay, immigrant woman, the first of all three of those to hold this position.

The Courier Journal the parent said her son was “upset” with the assignment.“Her kid is in the class that was given the assignment, and he and her are both uncomfortable with it," Davis told the paper. “She doesn’t know how to handle it.”Students were asked to write an imaginary letter to a “same gender” questioning or gay friend from their church they have known since kindergarten.“The aim of your letter should be to lovingly and compassionately speak truth to the person you’re talking to in a way that does not approve of any sin,” the assignment read.

Dr. Anthony Scarsella, chief of research at the Pacific Oaks Medical Group (POMG) where he helped pioneer health care for gay men and people living with HIV, has died. A native of Newton, Massachusetts, Scarsella, 77, passed away from injuries suffered in an accident Friday, May 6, at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood.

Associated Press reports. Griner’s Russian lawyer Alexander Boikov told the wire the relatively short extension could indicate the case might be brought to trial soon, although there remain few details available about the case.“We did not receive any complaints about the detention conditions from our client,” Boikov said.Griner, who plays for the Phoenix Mercury basketball team, faces up to 10 years in prison after vape cartridges containing cannabis oil were allegedly discovered in her luggage by Russian authorities as she entered the country in February.In March her detention had been extended to May 19. The Biden administration has called the detention unlawful and has said it's committed to taking the steps necessary to bring her home. Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, has called for Brittney’s release but asked for the public to respect their privacy as her case and the negotiations for her release continue.