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Following the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago, the favorite right-wing response has been to wail that the agency has become “weaponized” against Donald Trump. No matter that crimes may have been committed and it’s their job to investigate.The Log Cabin Republicans parroted the talking point, but gave it a gay spin that’s so cringey it feels like someone must have hacked their Twitter account just to mess with them.But nope, the gay conservative group really did have the audacity to compare themselves to Stonewall rioters as they continued to suck up to Trump.Related: Mary Trump explains the chilling reason why Donald is “panicked” by FBI raid“Just as the patrons of Stonewall were not intimidated by police, we will not be intimidated by the weaponization of the FBI and DoJ against President Trump or his home, Mar-A-Lago… …where (as we announced hours ago) we will be holding our annual gala later this year!” the group tweeted.Just as the patrons of Stonewall were not intimidated by police, we will not be intimidated by the weaponization of the FBI and DoJ against President Trump or his home, Mar-A-Lago……where (as we announced hours ago) we will be holding our annual gala later this year! ?— Log Cabin Republicans (@LogCabinGOP) August 9, 2022As one commenter pointed out, “The patrons at Stonewall were largely Black and Latinx.

closing of the Backstreet earlier this year. Does that mean kinky, queer Europeans have lost their interest in fetish festivals? We think not! Europe is home to several big fetish weekends where you can explore some of your wildest fantasies with like-minded souls.

Clara Sorrenti (a.k.a Keffals) has had a target on her back for being an outspoken trans activist for a while now, and this week, it came under fire in a big way.Though the latest swatting attempt against the trans Twitch streamer was the most traumatic yet, she says it’s not the last of her by far.“I’m not backing down,” the streamer told Global News CA. “I know that the work I do is incredibly valuable, and thousands of trans people told me that I have people almost every day saying they came out to their families because of me.”To help with moving costs and replacing all the electronics that police “collected” from the house (including all of her work equipment and the harddrive with her boyfriend’s Master’s thesis assets), Sorrenti posted a GoFundMe.In just one day, supporters helped her raise over $70,000 dollars.Related: This popular trans Twitch streamer was just banned for an awful reasonThis isn’t the first swat attempt against Sorrenti.

Gemma Collins has taken to social media to inform her fans she's back on a drip.The 41-year-old reality star shared a snap of her hooked up to a wellbeing drip after spending time in the garden looking after her vegetables.She was seen pottering around during the early hours of Wednesday morning (August 10) as she revealed her garden full of fruits and veg.READ MORE: Gemma Collins flaunts dramatic hair transformation and says she's a 'different woman'With the clock showing 5:38am, the GC walked around her impressive patches by the fence.Hours later she shared a snap attached to a vitamin drip on her Instagram Story.Earlier in the day, Gemma took to Instagram to reveal she's getting up for her "new job" at 5am.Taking to her Instagram Story, Gemma said: "Good morning everyone" as she followed her cat.She continued: "Yes, it's early. But I have to get up early to get all my stuff done for the day.

From left: Leigh Finke, Erick Russell, and Erin Maye Quade; photos courtesty LGBTQ+ Victory FundLGBTQ+ candidates made plenty of history in Tuesday’s primaries, with groundbreaking wins in Connecticut and Minnesota.Erick Russell, a Black gay man, beat two other candidates to become the Democratic nominee for Connecticut state treasurer. If he wins in November, which is likely given the state’s makeup, Russell would be the first Black member of the LGBTQ+ community to hold statewide office anywhere in the nation.

Lady Gaga kicked off the U.S. leg of her Chromatica Ball tour with a message for the United States Supreme Court. “They better not try to mess with gay marriage in this country!” she said to loud applause from the crowd during a concert at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

When the B-52’s played “Rock Lobster” on “Saturday Night Live” in January 1980, a few months after releasing their debut album, it was a lightning-strike moment for a generation of young misfits and oddballs. The band’s uninhibited dancing, statuesque wigs and absurdist lyrics embraced the ecstatic, and its kinetically rhythmic guitar, precise drumming and bursts of Farfisa organ ensured a good time. Many of their campy, catchy songs celebrated people who seemed to be happily dislocated or disconnected from known dimensions (“Planet Claire,” “Private Idaho”).

When President Joe Biden first got diagnosed with COVID on July 21, I, like so many, thought, He just fell off his bike? How much worse can it get for this guy?I felt sick for Biden getting sick, in the literal sense because I went through 10 days of hell with COVID the week before he got sick. And beyond the physical, Biden seemed awash in failure and fatigue.

Details about Monday’s FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago continue to be revealed. Multiple media outlets are now reporting that federal agents didn’t just rifle through Donald Trump‘s safe.

On Aug. 15, Brooke Nickerson-Henderson assumes the role of executive director of Legacy Cares. After almost 30 years in the role, Melissa Grove will retire. (No she won’t).

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GCN’s very own Marlon Jimenez-Compton has contributed to a tempting new fundraising initiative in the shape of The United Nations of Cookies book. The publication is as impactful as it is sweet, with all author proceeds being donated to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), who earlier this year appointed Marlon to its Irish Refugee Advisory […]

Sen. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), amid the ongoing monkeypox affecting gay and bisexual men, has introduced legislation in the U.S. House seeking to make testing for disease free to the public.

It doesn’t look like actor (and alleged Cayman Islands timeshare salesman?) Armie Hammer‘s career will be bouncing back any time soon.The upcoming Discovery+ docuseries House of Hammer comes out early next month and the content surrounding the Call Me By Your Name star specifically seems damning.The trailer for the series is packed full of voice memos and messages from the 35-year-old actor that range from creepy and uncomfortable to downright violent.Most of these messages were part of the leak from the “@houseofeffie” Instagram story in early 2021 that brought the abuse and cannibalism allegations to the public consciousness in the first place.Folks began to suspect the Death on the Nile actor of genuine cannibalistic tendencies after one of the leaked DMs featured him writing “I am 100% a cannibal.”Related: Hold up… Is Armie Hammer really broke and selling timeshares in the Caymans?Also featured in the series are testimonials from his aunt, author Casey Hammer, as well as multiple women he’s been with in the past.“If you believe in making deals with the devil, the Hammers are top of the totem pole,” says Aunt Casey, who first exposed the dark history of her mega-rich family in her 2015 memoir Surviving My Birthright.Courtney Vucekovich, one of the main interviewees of the docuseries, is shown discussing the weight of Hammer’s constant affinity for rope-play and dominance before tearing up and requesting a break.Related: Studio fails spectacularly at trying to edit Armie Hammer out of ‘Death on the Nile’ trailerIt seems the show will focus as much on the Hammer family and the generations of men to come before Armie as it will on his specific wrongdoings.We still never got full confirmation on whether he really was

A transgender teen in Florida, who made headlines last year after she was brutally attacked in school, has been violently attacked again. And for a second time, the viciousness was caught on video.In an interview with Miami's ABC affiliate WPLG, Chad Sanford, 14, said she heard a knock on her Pampano Beach home door.

(CNN) — With nearly 9,000 confirmed monkeypox cases nationwide, there is growing concern that US college and university campuses could become monkeypox "hotspots" this fall.Educators are working to reduce the public health risk while some students worry about how their campus experiences might be affected by the virus -- a virus that the nation is still trying to control and that was recently declared a national public health emergency."As we head into the fall, I'm concerned about outbreaks on college campuses as they are often a place where individuals engage in higher risk sexual activity and are in close contact with many different people," Dr. Rachel Cox, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at the Mass General Health Institute of Health Professionals, said in an email to CNN.

Brandi Carlile is bringing “queer excellence” to SiriusXM.The first episode of Carlile’s monthly SiriusXM show, Brandi Carlile’s Somewhere Over the Radio, dropped Wednesday on the service’s Spectrum channel (channel 28).Carlile will curate the music, focusing on LGBTQ+ artists and allies. In the premiere episode, Carlile and her wife, Catherine Carlile, feature artists including Tracy Chapman, Elton John, Antony and the Johnsons, Arlo Parks, the Indigo Girls, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Dolly Parton.“Carlile will also share personal anecdotes between songs and engage in candid conversations with her guests,” according to a SiriusXM press release.“This show is about the impact that LGBTQIA + artists have made on the world, the spiritual realm, and certainly our family through the transcendence of music,” Carlile said in the release.

Following a lackluster initial response to monkeypox, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new strategy aimed at maximizing the still-limited supply of the Jynneos vaccine.On Tuesday, the FDA authorized emergency use of the vaccine against the disease, allowing for a single dose to be split into five smaller doses.“In recent weeks the monkeypox virus has continued to spread at a rate that has made it clear our current vaccine supply will not meet the current demand,” said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D.

Zac Posen and Harrison Ball are ready to start their next chapter together. The couple announced their engagement on social media yesterday, August 8th.In an Instagram post captioned, “Engaged 8.8.22,” the fashion designer tagged his fiancé and, in a slideshow of pictures, he shared some of their memories leading up to the grand moment.

The Daily Wire.Yes, the site co-founded by conservative troll Ben Shapiro is making a very pointed move into children’s programming. Chip Chilla—about a homeschooling family of chinchillas—is their flagship series, set to debut in 2023. And, unfortunately, it’s just the first of many “anti-woke” series greenlit by The Daily Wire, which just hired on a new VP of Animation Development And Production.

(CNN) -- Kevin Spacey will have to pay almost $31 million to Media Rights Capital, the production company behind "House of Cards," a judge has ruled. The actor starred in the Netflix series for five seasons before he was fired in 2017.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana made the ruling earlier this week, confirming an award that had been decided by an arbitrator last year.

Jacob Elordi recently opened up about being labeled as gay while pursuing the arts. Before his breakout role in the 2018 Netflix movie The Kissing Booth, Elordi was a student balancing sports and theater. From the age of 12, his peers constantly made assumptions about his sexuality for his distinctly different passions. The straight actor shared his comments as the cover star for GQ's September 2022 “Hype Issue.” “From the moment I did a play I was called gay at school,” the Euphoria star told GQ.

OK, what is going on here?No, seriously, what is going on here?!Truly bizarre video of a woman rallying outside Mar-a-Lago in a giant-sized red “Make America Great Again” hat and spewing wild pro-Donald Trump propaganda after Monday’s FBI raid on the ex-president’s home has been circulating on Twitter and, well, take a look…Outside Mar-a-Lago, a concerned citizen wants to know why the FBI isn’t doing anything about Hillary’s emails or Hunter’s laptop. pic.twitter.com/BM3RHRLXuQ— Ron Filipkowski ?? (@RonFilipkowski) August 10, 2022“The Democrats are weaponizing the FBI and it has to stop!” the totally-not-crazy-seeming woman declares in the video, which has been viewed over 1.2 million times in less than 24 hours. “The FBI is not here to weaponize against another president.

Is KJ Apa joining the cast of Euphoria for an inevitably dysfunctional season 3 romance with Cal Jacobs (Eric Dane)?It’s incredibly unlikely, but that didn’t stop fans from speculating after Apa posted a photo cozying up with Dane and announcing, “New couple alert!”  A post shared by KJ Apa (@kjapa)With Apa’s CW drama Riverdale coming to a close after seven seasons, it’s no surprise the photo sparked rumors, though many gay commenters just took it as tongue-in-cheek fun.“I stan this couple,” wrote Andy Cohen. Writer Jordan Firstman invited the boys over for brunch, adding “So proud of y’all!”Related: WATCH: ‘Euphoria’ takes the homoerotic locker room trope to steamy new heightsOthers let their imaginations run even further.

EastEnders star Michelle Collins, 60, has tied the knot with her longterm partner Mike Davidson, 38. The former soap star, who is best known for playing Cindy Beale on the BBC One soap, got married Islington Town Hall on Wednesday in London, writes The Mirror.

Lady Gaga spoke up for same-sex marriage and abortion rights at her Washington, D.C. stop of her nationwide the ‘Chromatica Ball’ tour. 

The Biden administration, amid criticism it was slow to act on the monkeypox outbreak and still not meeting the demand for vaccines as the number of cases continues to grow, has announced a shift in guidance for implementation of the shot in an effort to enhance availability.

Twitter and Facebook are victimizing LGBTQ+ communities with digital hate. The Center for Countering Digital Hate and Human Rights Campaign released a new report Wednesday that finds both platforms are failing to enforce community standards following Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ law. As a result of Florida’s discriminatory law passing, extremist politicians and their allies launched an unprecedented and dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ misinformation campaign.

On Tuesday, August 9, the Poz Vibe Podcast posted a photo on their social media accounts of a new mural outside The George created by Emma Blake that honours the show and its two hosts. Irish queer street artist Emma Blake became popular due to their pieces that mix information and pop culture icons. The […]

A beautiful mansion that featured in BBC's Pride and Prejudice has been put on the market for £6 million. The huge house was used as the Bennet's family home in the TV drama which aired in 1995.

You’ve likely heard by now that federal agents raided ex-president Donald Trump‘s home in Palm Beach, Florida on Monday morning as part of an investigation into alleged mishandling of presidential records, including classified documents.Trump was in Manhattan preparing to give deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil investigation into his shady business dealings when roughly three dozen FBI personnel conducted the surprise search, which lasted for about 10 hours.Related: Mary Trump explains the chilling reason why Donald is “panicked” by FBI raidCBS News reports that agents seized boxes and documents, but no electronics.

Rep. Glenn Thompson made headlines recently after it was revealed that he voted against protecting same-sex marriage rights and then jetted off to celebrate his gay son’s wedding three days later.Audio from the Pennsylvania Republican’s toast at the wedding leaked a few days after that.

A post shared by Daniel Franzese (@whatsupdanny)I think for a lot of people in America, Damien was the first person they saw as gay, and you could kind of tell I was really gay, even if I didn’t say it, but like a gay, chubby teen just kind of being comfortable in his skin and, like, never worrying.Damien didn’t cry in the movie, and he wasn’t sad. There was none of that stuff.

The Washington Blade and the Baltimore Banner will join forces to host “State of the Community: LGBTQ+ Edition” on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 6 p.m. at Center Stage, The Head Theater, in Baltimore.

Pan Africa ILGA once again urged authorities across the continent to investigate the murders of LGBTQ and intersex people and to work to reduce violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Brian Thomas’ Instagram page was a typically sunny one for the social media personality, who has built a rising presence as a sex-positive gay nurse living with HIV.“Farewell Wilton Manors!” it read, alongside a photo of him grinning shirtless among the palm trees in the predominantly queer south Florida town. “What an amazing trip! Can’t wait to come back!”It was the final post of his vacation, a busy week of sunning at the pool and hitting the nude beach and enjoying all the pleasures that Wilton Manors nightlife can provide.A few days after returning home to Baltimore, the blisters appeared.Brian was about to get an education in living with a new viral threat, joining a growing number of people worldwide who have been diagnosed with monkeypox, a sometimes debilitating infection that causes fever, abdominal cramps, and painful blisters that can scar the body.

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U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) delivered an argument against the right to abortion by strongly suggesting same-sex couples only form families by adopting children from lesbian women who have been raped, and said he “worries” if LGBTQ organizations become “pro-abortion” that “fewer same-sex couples” would be able to form families.

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Joseph Ladapo, an appointee of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, has recommended against providing medical care to transgender youth if it involves transitioning.The state Agency for Health Care Administration last month released a report deeming gender-affirming care for any patient to be “experimental and investigational” and recommended not allowing Medicaid to cover such care.But a change in state rules remains in the consideration phase.

Dr. Khiara Bridges appeared before a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on abortion access in post-Roe v. Wade America on Tuesday, battling beliefs Senator Josh Hawley espoused that she said were transphobic and subjected trans people to violence – a response the Republican from Missouri made clear he did not appreciate.

One of the many negative impacts of Florida’s newly enacted  “don’t say gay” law is the removal of a 12-minute video that teaches middle and high school students about preventing bullying and supporting their LGBTQ+ peers.The Duval school district also plans to reduce an LGBTQ+ support guide drastically, and the school board will vote Monday on a policy that could require schools to notify parents if their students wish to change their names or pronouns on unofficial records, including yearbooks and ID cards, according to Jacksonville Today.These actions are primarily in response to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law (commonly known as “don’t say gay”), which restricts how schools can teach about sexual orientation and gender identity.

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What Is a Woman? that has been making the social media rounds. Walsh recently tweeted in disgust at singer Macy Gray for walking back the harmful comments about trans women in a recent interview with Piers Morgan. After initially suggesting that trans women aren’t women in her in that interview, Gray has since said that trans women are who they are.“I think it takes a lot of courage to be yourself, to go out in the world and be honest about who you are.

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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.