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Virginia House of Delegates, has come out as bisexual.Convirs-Fowler made her announcement Sunday from the stage of a Pride celebration in Virginia Beach, the city she represents, The Virginian-Pilot reports.“I’m bisexual,” she said. “I just never felt like I could say that out loud.” Convirs-Fowler, a 41-year-old Democrat, has been in the House since 2018.Later, she told the paper that she was out to her friends and family but felt it was important to make a public statement.

A gunman intimidated patrons Sunday at a Nevada library hosting Drag Queen Story Time. A man with an armed rifle interrupted the event at the library in Sparks, where children had assembled to enjoy reading.Before the panic, local drag queen Miss Ginger Devine read to children at the Washoe County Library System's Sparks location while Proud Boys members protested.Wearing the militia's colors of yellow and black, the group carried placards that read, "Stop sexualizing children! Shame on you for trading your kids just to look 'woke.' Woke is broke."After 11:30 a.m., the Sparks Police Department was made aware of a protest outside the library where someone claimed to have been assaulted, according to a statement to The Advocate. The alleged victim declined to file charges, so the police did not pursue the matter further, the statement said.Less than two hours later, police received a call about an armed person at the same location. "Sparks Police arrived on scene and contacted the reporting person," a spokesperson for the department wrote. "The reporting person stated the subject with the gun had left prior to officers' arrival."Officers determined the gun owner held the weapon lawfully and did not threaten anyone.

While the Supreme Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is already catastrophic in its effects on reproductive rights and the equal treatment of women in this country, it has also led to speculation that the court’s conservative supermajority is just getting started in rolling back fundamental rights.

As for understanding that I was gay, it wasn’t really something that I figured out until my late teens, but then looking back at my childhood it all made sense, and I realized that I had actually had crushes on many of my best friends. However, I had girlfriends throughout high school, felt that I was in love with them, and had a great sex life.Even occasionally after I began dating men, I continued to sleep with women off and on, and while definitely gay, I am someone for whom sex is an expression of affection and love.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t just an expert on climate change, she also has a keen eye for strategic international politics.On Thursday morning, the antigay lawmaker said the United States should stop supplying Ukraine with weapons and pull out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), effectively handing Russian President Vladimir Putin a win in his war on the eastern European nation.“The American people do not want war with Russia,” Greene wrote on Twitter, “but NATO and our own foolish leaders are dragging us into one.”Related: Marjorie Taylor Greene says global warming “healthy” as “people die in the cold”She added: “A war that no one will win.

Happy Pride Month! This month, we not only celebrate the wins of the LGBTQ community as a whole, but we also want to highlight the wins achieved by queer individuals. Our very own Philanthropy Coordinator Misa Ridgway had a win of his own earlier this month in June 2022.  Misa joined NCLR around the same time that I did in the late fall of 2021. He was drawn to wo

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Love Island star Sharon Gaffka has stunned fans after she posted a snap wearing nothing but lace lingerie.The former islander shook fans as she shared a picture of herself in a green lace lingerie set on her Instagram story, with the caption: “Someone looking for the man of the house?”Sharon had shared a post in which the star posed and showed off her impressive curves in an array of colourful underwear whilst performing chores around the house.READ MORE: Inside Love Island Luca's ex Saffron Barker's glam life - huge home to bikini snapsWhilst flaunting her stunning figure, the former islander took the opportunity to call out the ITV2 show for their lack of representation.In the caption, she wrote: “London Pride is this Saturday and I’m wearing the Bluebella Pride Lingerie collection while I complete all the ‘male’ jobs of the house. I’ve been quite vocal about how I think it’s about time that Love Island features LGBTQ+ contestants.

In his search for heaven, Mean Girls star Daniel Franzese went to hell and back.Franzese is openly religious to this day, notably as a co-host of the LGBTQ+ Christian podcast Yass Jesus!.However, the actor has recently shared the harrowing conversion therapy experience that tested his faith in a new interview with Page Six.Related: Daniel Franzese says he was fired this week for being gay, shares receiptsEven with gay-accepting parents, a pair of gay uncles, and lesbian relatives, Franzese’s felt his faith and the homophobic society of his adolescence required him to undergo conversion into heterosexuality at age 21.“I went to one-on-one therapy sessions with a person who was trying to change me straight and make me pray the gay away and alienate all my allies,” he explains.“They told me to tell my mom that my mom was the reason that I was leaning toward bisexual thoughts or whatever because she was so open. They made me come out to my mom, who was literally like my best ally, and say, ‘It’s your fault.’”The actor said that he and his mother didn’t speak for two months afterwards.It wasn’t until months later that he would come to accept his sexuality and leave the conversion sessions.“I was scared, and [my therapist] was like, ‘What are you afraid of?’ I was like, ‘I’m afraid I’m gonna go to hell,’” Franzese recounts.“He was like, ‘You could be [s–king a d–k], and the second coming of Christ could happen, and you’re not gonna go to hell if you love God.

Actor and conservative mouthpiece Jon Voight is trending this week—and, as you can imagine, it has nothing to do with his career. When was his last good performance anyway? Holes, nearly 20 years ago?No, instead, it’s because he’s calling for the impeachment of Joe Biden, who he says “has wronged this nation’s glory.”In yet another of his infamous creepy, dead-eyed videos, Voight moralizes straight to camera, yammering on about protecting the nation during this time of “so much turmoil.” As he suggests—amid a distracting amount of lip-smacking—the reason there’s so much unrest right now, why we’re all “very unsafe” and “angry,” is solely because of President Biden.

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burlesque doc that’s full of baloney, a neon-hued nightmare of a queer thriller, and another teaser for Billy Eichner’s future blockbuster, Bros. Here’s a quick recap of some of our favorite trailers that were released in June…The Brits are on a roll with gay romantic comedies! Hot on the trail of Netflix‘s Heartstopper is the hilarious series Big Boys, created (and narrated) by queer writer Jack Rooke.

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Zane Phillips has been cast as a series regular in Netflix’s upcoming LGBTQ+ drama Glamorous.

The Carnival Magic cruise ship One passenger who witness the fight told Fox News Digital the melee broke out shortly before 2 a.m. on the fifth floor where a casino and dance club are located.

Eamonn Holmes, 62, has doubled down on his claims ITV lied about his exit from This Morning.The presenter, who now works for GB News, has revealed he’s also no longer able to watch his old show as it would be “too sensitive” for him. Six months ago, Eamonn left This Morning after regularly hosting the daytime TV show for 15 years. Eamonn and his wife Ruth Langsford, who was also his presenting partner, were replaced in their regular Friday slot by Alison Hamonnd and Dermot O’Leary during lockdown. When he was asked whether he still watches This Morning in a recent interview, Eamonn revealed he doesn’t tune in any more.According to the journalist, fans often approach him in the street to ask why he and Ruth are not still presenting the show. Asked if he still ever flicks across to This Morning, Eamonn confirmed: “It would be too... sensitive. “I mean, I spend every day going out on the street and people saying, ‘Why are you and Ruth not on any more?’” he told the Mirror.The presenter also claimed he was frustrated at not being informed about why he was allegedly let go from ITV, insisting that he did not quit the broadcaster to work at GB News.“I wish somebody would show me the email or the letter or that I was sent to say, ‘Eamonn, this is why this is coming to an end’,” he explained. “But to tell lies, that I left them to go to GB News...I didn’t – they left me.

Gemma Collins has shown off the results of her new health and fitness regime as she posed in a patterned two piece during a work trip.The reality star, 41, took to Instagram to show off her latest look as she headed to Windsor for a day’s work. The former The Only Way Is Essex star posed for a photo on a bridge looking over a picturesque river in a matching patterned two-piece from her latest clothing collection, which showed off a peek of the star’s midriff.The star smiled as she stood in front of the water in Berkshire on Wednesday morning, smiling as she wore her blonde hair loose and straight over her shoulders.

Beyoncé has shared the cover for her highly-anticipated sixth studio album Renaissance.

Hannah Bardell said she had faced threats in Scotland simply because she was a lesbian.Speaking during a debate on 50 years of Pride in the UK, the Livingston MP told the Commons of the hostile reaction she had received in public.READ MORE: Angela Crawley to lead Pride debate in CommonsBardell was highlighting how in 71 countries around the world people can stil be persecuted in law for being gay.She said she is an “openly proud lesbian” but that is still illegal to be LGBTQ in 71 countriesShe said: “I am illegal in 71 countries. And in 11 of those countries the death penalty still exists for same-sex consensual activities.”Conservative MP Kieran Mullan said her remarks highlighted the “extreme circumstances” that people go through in other countries, He added: “But one of the tests I think we often ask ourselves is: would every gay person in this place on a late night out surrounded by drunk crowds of people feel confident to hold the hand of their partner?”“I’m not sure they would actually.

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. A wide range of musical genres fueled New York’s nightclubs in the late 1970s and early ’80s, including new wave, no wave, punk and post punk. Klaus Nomi, who performed during that era, defied being categorized under any of them.

https://t.co/TuoFpqN692Instead of pronouns just show their salary and let customers figure out their gender themselves. pic.twitter.com/AnRgdJVUTNHSBC came out in support of Halifax on Wednesday when it tweeted: ‘We stand with and support any bank or organisation that joins us in taking this positive step forward for equality and inclusion.

Stonewall has been at the forefront of championing and protecting LGBTQ+ rights. From lowering the age of consent for gay men to legalising same-sex marriage, the group has spent the last three decades making vital change for the LGBTQ+ community. But, despite many hard-fought wins, the battle is still far from over. Here, as we celebrate 50 years of Pride, Metro.co.uk speaks to activists spanning the last five decades who have pushed for progress, to find out how they achieved it – and what more still needs to be done. We wore drag because it was more provocative than just wearing a Gay Liberation badge Stuart Feather, 82, was a key activist in the Gay Liberation Front during the 1970s. He attended the first ever Pride march half a century ago and has joined them every year since.The 1970s was a colourful time; it was a celebratory and sociable. We’d just had the summer of love, there were new drugs like acid and LSD around and the late 60s felt really good – .they were technicolour. In July 1972, I was in the first ever Gay Pride march, which was organised by the Gay Liberation Front.

Russell T Davies’ Queer as Folk, another series that focused solely on the lives of LGBTQ+ people – many continue to be amazed at how far we’ve progressed.In 2021, everyone was talking about Davies’ Channel 4 masterpiece It’s A Sin, which stars Olly Alexander and Neil Patrick Harris and follows the lives of a group of young men who together endure the horror of the HIV/Aids epidemic of the 80s, as well as the pain of rejection and the prejudices that their peers faced throughout the decade. However, while LGBTQ+ representation has reached all-time highs in some facets of the media with shows like Modern Family and Orange Is The New Black, filmmaker and director Kevin Morosky believes there is more to be done, and has called for future TV shows to create space for ‘truly intersectional’ characters.‘With It’s A Sin, don’t get me wrong, it’s about a particular moment in time, but I think it’s a little dangerous when the narrative comes from a negative place,’ he told Metro.co.uk.Morosky – who retold his experience of heartbreak through short, poetic vignettes in his self-published novel Notes – expressed there were ‘other ways’ of telling stories like this ‘that give more power to the character.’‘I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me on this,’ he added.‘I didn’t think that show was super progressive, of course; it was a story that needed to be told.

Héctor Belmonte proudly became an Irish Citizen on June 20, 2022, after a long wait due to lockdown. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, he wanted to share his reasons for choosing to make Ireland his home. My family moved from Mexico to California in 1986 when I was 4 years old. While the […]

"There was an instance when of my colleagues stated that they felt being gay was a choice. I spoke up and said that it was not a choice, why would I choose to have a more difficult life.

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Above: James Millner (center) Director of Virginia Pride, with Richmond Mayor; Levar Stoney, Black Pride RVA co-Founder Luise “Cheezi” Farmer (left); and Zakia McKensey, founder of Nationz Foundation at the Pride Flag-raising ceremony at Richmond City Hall on June 1, 2022.“Virginia is for lovers,” goes the saying. The slogan has been used by the state since 1969 to promote itself as a tourism destination.

More than 150 LGBTQ+ search keywords have been restricted on the Amazon website in the United Arab Emirates after the online retailer faced threats of penalties from authorities in the Gulf state. Restricted product searches on Amazon.ae (the UAE branch of the site) include LGBTQ+ books and rainbow flags, with search terms such as ‘LGBTQ’, […]

Onder hetmotto solidariteit is mooi maar het moet geen geld kosten heeft webwinkelgigant Amazonennbsp; de zoekresultaten beperkt voor lhbti-producten op zijn website in de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten (VAE). Het bedrijf heeft hiertoe besloten omdat het onder druk is gezet door de autoriteiten in de Golfstaat.

Lebanon’s interior minister has been criticised by activists after he told security forces to crack down on LGBTQ+ events during Pride month and said such gatherings would spread “sexual perversion” and run against the country’s religious values.

British distance swimmer Dan Jervis has come out as gay.

WESH reported."There was some concern that Telan either had or was going to post something on social media kind of outing the suspect," Young said, according to WESH.The police said that the teens had been talking with each other on social media since February, and the two agreed to meet in person for the first time at the spot on Forest Glen Boulevard where Webb allegedly pulled out a gun and shot and killed Mann.A police officer who was nearby the area heard the shots and later found Mann on the sidewalk struck by the bullets, while Webb was arrested by officers who found him while executing a search warrant at a home on Garden Street on Tuesday. Police also found a handgun at that house."Officers found him [Mann] in a pool of blood and with multiple bullet wounds on his body.

Rudy Giuliani twice shot himself in the foot as he attempted to attack the credibility of January 6 committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson, and you’d think a lawyer would be a little more careful with his words.Then again, the former Trump attorney’s law license was suspended last year in New York and Washington, D.C. as he awaits ethics charges over his involvement in overturning the results of the 2020 election, so it’s not a total shock.Hutchinson, a former top White House aide to Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, gave explosive testimony Tuesday about the behind-the-scenes chaos of the West Wing on and around January 6.

Florida has been arrested after police say he killed his lover to prevent the victim from exposing their relationship and outing him as gay.Jakari Webb, 19, was taken into custody Tuesday night and charged with fatally shooting Telan Mann, 19, who was gunned down just before 2 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, near Oak Tree Circle and Forest Glen Boulevard in Daytona Beach on Tuesday, June 28.Units from the Daytona Beach Police Department were patrolling in the vicinity when the shooting took place and heard the gunshots.

There’s no playbook for coming out or dealing with past traumas, but avoiding the past can wreak havoc on life. When popular Dallas singer/songwriter Chris Chism dove headlong into navigating his newfound world, the sting of failure sent him on a tumultuous lightning ride with addiction. Brian and Colman sat down with Chism to discuss the fall out of not facing the demons that haunted him.

Man2Man has released a video update on what to know about monkeypox, which had infected 28 patients in Ireland as of June 29.   In a recent video update from Man2Man Ireland about monkeypox in the country, health authorities say this number is still small, and means the spread of monkeypox can hopefully remain well-contained.  “What […]

Fire Island is a unique movie adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen novel, "Pride and Prejudice". This masterpiece not only depicts the humour and honesty that queer culture brings along, but is also an extremely important film because it has queer Asian actors in leading roles.

most groundbreaking gay characters on TV. Berlanti further explained, "There hadn’t been a gay kiss that was romantic on primetime TV. There had been joke kisses, but there was never a romantic kiss between two characters, let alone two high-schoolers." Even after he negotiated the kiss between Jack and Ethan, the WB had specific stipulations about what the scene could show.

Meghan Markle «bullied» palace staff has been completed. However, the findings will remain private, multiple outlets report.According to , it was revealed during a June 29 media briefing about the Sovereign Grant Report -- the royal's annual financial document — that the investigation was complete. «I know many of you will want to know if our report contains any information into the review of the historic allegations of bullying that we announced in March 2021,» Treasurer to the Queen, Sir Michael Stevens reportedly said during the press conference. «There is nothing on this in the report.

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The Eurovision winner, aka Tom Neuwirth, 33, reveals what it was like to have 24-hour security at her Belarus hotel door while dreaming of performing in Russia, and the importance of being an international LGBTIQ+ figurehead.It’s important to raise awareness. Until the day we reach equality, there is a need to parade and march the streets, and stand up for our visibility and our place in society. To me, being proud is to do with oneself.

An episode of the new Disney+ series Baymax! sparked controversy on the internet for showing a Trans character buying menstrual pads and giving advice to the hero who was going to purchase some. While some have taken this opportunity to call Disney “evil” and denounce a supposed “plan to re-engineer the discourse around kids and […]

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Halifax has told customers they can ‘close their account’ if they disagree with its new policy on gender pronouns.The banking group shared a picture of a staff member’s name badge over social media which contained the pronouns “she/her/hers”.Bosses said that workers optionally include their pronouns in a bid to create a ‘safe and accepting environment’ for employees and customers.It has also described the move as being a “very simple solution to accidental misgendering”.READ MORE: Glasgow and Edinburgh Pride events see Scotland's biggest cities decked in colourREAD MORE: Headteacher who came out as gay met with 'eruption of applause' from pupilsNews of the policy came during the final week of Pride Month.However, some customers threatened to close their account over the policy.In a response to one angry customer, Halifax wrote: “We strive for inclusion, equality and quite simply, in doing what is right.“If you disagree with our values, you’re welcome to close your account.”The bank then shared details on how customers can submit forms to close down in their account in additional responses to account holders.Fellow bank HSBC tweeted in support of Halifax’s decision amid the backlash.The firm wrote: “We stand with and support any bank or organisation that joins us in taking this positive step forward for equality and inclusion.“It’s vital that everyone can be themselves in the workplace.”A number of LGBTQ+ charities have encouraged people to state their pronouns in email signatures and social media profiles to prevent misgendering.The Scottish Trans Alliance also suggests asking to people to add their pronouns next to their name when taking part in an online work meeting.They add: “If you accidentally use the wrong