Hate crimes against Trans people rise by 56% in the UK

Drag Race star Shangela teased Dancing With the Stars host Alfonso Ribeiro for messing up her name.

Tom Felton shared his support for author J.K. Rowling as the "Harry Potter" writer continues to receive criticism over her beliefs on biological sex and gender. The actor opened up about his admiration for Rowling in a new interview with The Times of London.

After bullying and transphobic news reports, a trans teen and her family in Vermont are facing tumult an onslaught of hateful messages, threats, and harassment.The 14-year-old teen, who attends Randolph Union High School, plays high school volleyball. The teen’s mom told VTDigger her daughter had been playing for weeks without incident, but on Sept.

Everything Everywhere All At Once, in which Michelle Yeoh plays a Chinese American laundromat owner in southern California who finds herself sucked into alternate universes and, in the process, gets a hair-raising chance to save the world.The film is an intricate roller coaster ride, as well as a flat-out enjoyable popcorn movie, and as a result of it being such a crowd-pleaser, it’s amassed over $70 million at the domestic box office so far. One of the best elements of the film is that Stephanie Hsu (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Path) plays Joy Wang, Yeoh’s daughter, who just happens to be a lesbian with a girlfriend (and an alter ego, too).

Shangela playfully teases Dancing With the Stars host Alfonso Ribeiro for messing up her name.

Herschel Walker, mocked transgender service members to his supporters as U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), stood by and laughed. Walker has never served in the military despite his recent false claims of having had a “military career.”“Hey, just think about it: Pronoun? In our military?” mocked Walker, 60, whose own son is gay.“How do you identify? In our military? These are war times.

Tulsi Gabbard, a former congresswoman and presidential aspirant noted for her anti-LGBTQ+ record, has announced that she’s leaving the Democratic Party.“I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party,” Gabbard said in a video posted Tuesday from the first episode of her new podcast, The Tulsi Gabbard Show. “It’s now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue and stoking anti-white racism, who actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms enshrined in our Constitution, and who are hostile to people of faith and spirituality.” She said the matter had been on her mind and troubling her for some time.She claimed that President Joe Biden’s administration is targeting as terrorists “parents who are vocally standing in opposition to radical curriculums and explicit sexual content being taught to their kids in public schools.” Gabbard went on to say the administration is erasing women by supporting transgender people.She also accused the administration of undermining law enforcement and the Supreme Court, treating “pro-life” protesters unfairly, seeking to quash gun rights and free speech, and above all moving the world closer to nuclear war, apparently through supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion.Gabbard, the first Hindu elected to Congress, represented a Hawaii district in the U.S.

after a journalist threatened to out her.It is 11:20pm. I just came out on stage at a @jimjefferies show in San Diego. Yep, I’m gay.

In honor of National Coming Out Day, The Advocate spoke with queer pop star Betty Who about coming out, queer musicians, and her new album "Big!" which comes out on October 14.The Advocate: Twenty years ago, the theme of the annual day was "Coming Out Rocks" which celebrated gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender musicians. Have we progressed since 2002?Betty Who: We’ve come unimaginably far since 2002 as far as representation and support for LGBTQIA+ musicians and artists — even thinking about queerness in the 90s when I was growing up, how it felt so much more like a rebellion then.

Delegates from around the world have started arriving in Cape Town as they prepare to compete for the coveted Mr Gay World 2022 title.

Neighbors, is people discover it as it gets out in the world.

The Blade Foundation this week announced the recipient of an inaugural reporting fellowship focused on covering stories at the intersection of LGBTQ identities and race.

His Oz appearance was enough to inspire a prison bust. (GIF via GIPHY)

Transgender women must still register for the military draft, according to the U.S. Selective Service.  "US citizens or immigrants who are born male and changed their gender to female are still required to register," the Selective Service states on its official website.  Individuals who were born female, but identify as male do not need to register for the military draft, per the government.  The policy is not new, but gained attention after the Selective Service tweeted at parents on Friday, reminding them that their sons must register.  U.S.

A video containing homophobic and racist content and anti-American propaganda was broadcasted in Russia, leaving people baffled about its content. The piece shows a Russian middle-aged couple and their son on a flight to the US. As reported by the Scottish Daily Express, the video aired on TV in Russia and circulated on social media. […]

supports HTML5 videoFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon has blasted JK Rowling and appeared to imply she isn’t a ‘real feminist’.The Harry Potter author, who has sparked controversy in the recent years over her comments about the trans community, has clashed with Sturgeon after a gender recognition legislation was passed by the Scottish Government.The majority of MSPs on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommended the approval of the general principles of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which allows an easier process for transgender people to be legally recognised as their preferred gender.This week, Rowling was seen wearing a t-shirt declaring the SNP leader ‘a destroyer of women’s rights’, and Sturgeon has fought back.She said: ‘There are no shortages of attacks on women that feminists, real feminists, as I consider myself to be, should be focusing on right now.’Rowling voiced her support for members of For Women Scotland (FWS) – who hosted a rally outside Holyrood after the Scottish government’s recommendation – in a caption alongside the controversial T-shirt.She tweeted: ‘I stand in solidarity with @forwomenscot and all women protesting and speaking outside the Scottish Parliament.

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Bond villain sans charisma Elon Musk has been legally estranged from his trans teenage daughter for months. So far, the main reason for the separation we’ve had to go off of is what she listed on since-leaked court documents: “Gender Identity and the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.”Now, Elon himself has thrown his two cents in as to why he’s been ousted from her life.

Moon Knight star Oscar Isaac has expressed an interest in competing on RuPaul’s Drag Race. 

A post shared by Steven Romo (@stevenromo)NBC News correspondent Steven Romo [on the right above], 37, married Fox Weather meteorologist Stephen Morgan, 33, on Saturday.According to People, the reception, with 125 guests, took place at The Filter Building on White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas.Romo and Morgan only publicly came out in 2021 when they took to Instagram to jointly announce their engagement.Related: Popular Houston news anchor Steven Romo comes out“I grew up with secrets,” Romo wrote at the time. “My family fought together to hide that we lived in a house full of garbage with a horde of dogs.

Drag Race Philippines is just days away from crowning its first season winner. In some ways, competitor-turned-judge Jiggly Caliente has already won.Fans may fondly remember Ms.

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Gay Fairfax County School Board member Karl V. Frisch finished second on Oct. 8 in a two-candidate race for the Democratic nomination for a special election to fill a vacant seat in the Virginia House of Delegates that includes parts of Fairfax County.

Enoch Burke has been transferred back to Mountjoy Prison’s Progression Unit, away from the general population “for his own safety” after constantly demonstrating his beliefs and views to other prisoners. It is reported that after only a few weeks in the main prison, Burke had to be moved as he was “annoying other prisoners”. The […]

Yungblud has hit out at the “deeply entrenched issue with homophobia in football” after two Spanish footballers joked about being gay.Yesterday (October 9) retired Spain and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas took to Twitter to say “I hope you respect me: I’m gay” while his former teammate Carles Puyol soon replied saying “it’s time to tell our story, Iker” alongside a heart emoji.A few hours later, both tweets were deleted with Casillas claiming his account had been hacked. “Apologies to all my followers.

A Texas judge ruled that the Biden Administration’s workplace protections for LGBTQ+ people – specifically trans and non-binary employees – were “unlawful.”

Iowa news reporter Nora J.S. Reichardt came out as trans during an on-air broadcast.

YouTuber Charlie McDonnell has come out as trans in a new social media post.

Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne has officially been announced as a competitor on ITV’s Dancing on Ice. 

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Anyone can be a top and anyone can be a bottom—or vers or even a side, for that matter—but we all know the stereotypes about tops and bottoms. Such stereotypes would have you believe that tops are tall, domineering, and masculine, while bottoms are short, submissive, and feminine.And in a Reddit’s r/askgaybros forum, one 6-foot-2 Reddit user said he’s been made to feel “kinda undesirable by some tops, especially the dominating ones.”“Have any of you bottoms got rejected for your tallness?” the user added.Related: WATCH: The struggle is real for the 6’4” bottomUnfortunately, that tall bottom is on the receiving end—pun very much intended—of a scientifically verified bias.In a study published in PLOS One in 2014, researchers studied the height preferences among non-heterosexual men and found that “men that preferred a more dominant and more ‘active’ sexual role preferred shorter partners, whereas those that preferred a more submissive and more ‘passive’ sexual role preferred taller partners.”In other words, “men who preferred to be ‘top’ in the dyad preferred shorter partners, whereas men who preferred to be ‘bottom’ preferred taller partners,” as the researchers wrote.  A post shared by Schadey Lane (@schadeylane)Back in the Reddit thread, some commenters commiserated with the 6-foot-2 bottom’s plight.

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday and defended new policies in the state that will require public school students to use bathrooms and join sports teams based on their biological sex, not gender identity.  "Let me begin with these basic principles, which is first, parents have a fundamental right to be engaged in their children's lives.

Liverpool has been announced as the host city for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. 

My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture discusses hard topics such as fat-phobia and homophobia with smart, unapologetic humor. He brings that same energy to Bros, where he plays Henry, the fun-loving friend to Billy Eichner’s character Bobby.Guy has been working in Hollywood for over two decades. He has a lot to say about both film culture and the gay scene.

YouTuber Charlie McDonnell has come out as trans in a new social media post.

"I’m sitting with my family watching Ellie Simmonds take to the Strictly dance floor in a beautiful gold dress.The Paralympian smiles from ear to ear as she performs her incredible cha-cha – and I’m grinning right back at her. As the audience applauds Ellie, I feel like it’s one of the best moments of my entire life. My excitement has been building up to this moment since August, when it was announced she’d be taking part.

Originaria de Batuco, Chile, Alejandra González, 54, sobresalió por ser la primera mujer trans elegida para un cargo público, no solo en su país, sino en América Latina. La concejala fue encontrada el 5 de octubre en su domicilio sin vida, a consecuencia de una falla cardiaca.

Financial Times “you can’t win ‘em all” when asked about earlier this year being disowned by his teenage transgender daughter. He blamed “neo-Marxists” for their estrangement.In the interview that ran Friday, he said that the American left is responsible for “full-on communism” that leads to the “general sentiment that if you’re rich, you’re evil.” He said, “[The relationship with my daughter] may change, but I have very good relationships with all the others.

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that employers in the state can ignore portions of the Biden administration’s guidance on equal treatment of LGBTQ+ workers, particularly as it regards transgender ones.U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was appointed by Donald Trump, ruled this week that guidance on implementing the Bostock v. Clayton County ruling from the U.S.

Pakistani lawmakers passed a landmark transgender rights law in 2018, but some are now arguing that the law contradicts Islamic teachings about gender identity.Transgender people in Pakistan can change their gender identity on previously issued government documents according to how they perceive it, as outlined in the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act.Some criticize the law’s provision allowing one to change gender as being un-Islamic and opening the door to same-sex marriage, which is currently illegal. Trans rights activists, however, argue that the misinformed debate against the law is causing further harm to the transgender community.Senator Fawzia Arshad of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) is pushing a new bill that would define transgender people according to the law as those who “keep one hole for urination," Vice reports.The previous bill already has a strange definition of a transgender person, since it not only defines a transgender person as someone whose gender identity is different than their gender assigned at birth, but someone who has both male and female sex characteristics —that is, someone who is intersex.This new proposal, the news site notes, represents rising dissent and misinformation campaigns targeting the laws protecting trans people.

WITI, video footage from a British Petroleum gas station allegedly shows Allen and a man, whom police later identified as Hubbird, briefly talking inside the gas station. Allen then steps into the passenger’s seat of a black Chevy Tahoe SUV, and the car drives off. Police say and the pair drove to Allen’s apartment complex, located at 26th Street and Wells Street in Milwaukee.

Des Moines TV reporter Nora J.S. Reichardt has come out as a transgender woman, introducing herself to viewers by saying, “To gradually come into a role where I am feeling more and more at home in my body than I really ever did before has been amazing to get to experience and share with people.”Reichardt came out Tuesday on WOI’s 6 p.m.

Lesbian activist and diversity consultant Lisbeth Melendez Rivera lost by just 17 votes in a three-candidate special election on Tuesday to fill a vacant seat on the Hyattsville, Md., City Council.  

Research from Stonewall and Ipsos has suggested that Britain is entering a new era of LGBTQ+ diversity thanks to Gen Z.

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Poppy Xander

I was trans and I had no idea what to do, who to speak to or where to go. I knew I wanted to transition, but I had no clue about where to even start. She was immediately supportive – and instead of questioning me, she acknowledged and believed me, and helped me find a trans support group.

In a massive blow to LGBTQ+ rights, a prominent Oklahoma-based hospital has ended its gender-affirming care for trans youth due to an archaic new law.