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Four in 10 (40%) LGBTQ+ people experienced a hate crime in the past 12 months because of their sexual orientation, a joint survey from GAY TIMES and Channel 4 News found.

In celebration of 50 years of Pride in the UK, The Crown Estate has commissioned a hundred Pride flags to hang above Regent Street. 

Pedro Almodovar’s upcoming Western.Ríos will join actors Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal for the film. Hawke and Pascal will play the cowboys at the heart of the half-hour short, which is currently titled Strange Way of Life, according to Variety.Almodovar told IndieWire, “It could be like my answer to Brokeback Mountain.”The director had the chance to direct the iconic queer film but passed on it.“I think Ang Lee made a wonderful movie, but I never believed that they would give me complete freedom and independence to make what I wanted,” Almodóvar explained to IndieWire.

Donald Trump‘s pick in the race, did not seem to agree. She refused to say the 2020 election was not stolen after Cheney challenged her on the issue.Related: Did this Hollywood film change Liz Cheney’s stance on gay marriage?No surprise there, but what many observers were taken with was the general display of incompetence on the debate floor, with Cheney often appearing like the only adult on the stage.A roundup of some of the evening’s more inept displays has since gone viral:“This wasn’t SNL on a Thursday night,” tweeted The Republican Accountability Project.

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The congregation of a 106-year-old church in Michigan that was ordered to rescind the ordination of an LGBTQ+ deacon is appealing the decision by its denomination's leadership.The Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids is imploring the Christian Reformed Church of America not to remove her. The deacon is in a same-sex marriage and has expressed her desire to continue serving on the deacon board of the church, according to the Religion News Service. The small 165-year-old Dutch Calvinist denomination's annual synod gathered earlier this month. During the meeting, it decided the Michigan church should reverse course.The vote over the deacon came as the denomination examined its theology on human sexuality.

one streaming service. So, add them all to your watch lists; theses titles should be great as you veg out after the past 30 days of celebrating Pride.So you’ve never seen Mean Girls before? Shut up.

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Queers are famously creative, and the community boasts a rich history of fascinating art and literature. This is what made the task of shortlisting seven necessary queer reads so difficult, but below is a selection of some of GCN’s favourites. From authors that proudly parade their queerness, to others that deal with the theme in […]

Despite living in a nation with laws against the very existence of queer organisations, the LGBTQ+ community of Nigeria held a Pride festival in Lagos last week, touted as “the first of its kind in terms of reach, registrations, impact, and size.” Events at the week-long celebration included art shows, a Pride village featuring local […]

Out & About Hikers is a Belfast-based hiking and walking group for the LGBTQ+ community and their friends. This year is a big year for all involved as it marks the 20th anniversary of the walking group! Founder member, Neil Lester, set the group up in 2002 with the assistance of Queerspace Belfast, and the […]

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A Night in the Woods as the crowd sang. The cat was accompanied by two signs which read, “From Stonewall a brick, and Portland an axe, respect our pride or expect our wrath.”The display occurred at the May 29 Portland Timbers match against the Houston Dynamo.

Netflix hit Heartstopper will be taking part in Celebrity Gogglebox tonight (July 1).As part of a Pride special, actors Kit Connor, Joe Locke, Yasmin Finney and William Gao will join the beloved series to share their reactions on all the latest in TV.They’re set to watch This Is My House, Big Boys and Scream, as well as some highlights from this year’s Glastonbury festival.More guest stars on tonight’s episode include Strictly Come Dancing runners-up John Whaite and Johannes Radebe, who were the show’s first male same-sex couple to compete.RuPaul’s Drag Race UK queens Tia Kofi and Lawrence Chaney will also be taking part, as well as stars Bimini Bon-Bouash and Self Esteem, and Feel Good star Mae Martin and comedian Lolly Adefope.EXCLUSIVE: First clip of #Heartstopper's @joelocke03 @kit_connor @Yazdemand and William Gao on #CelebrityGogglebox tonight.@C4Gogglebox will be on @Channel4 tonight at 9pm. pic.twitter.com/dZnoylw7ca— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 1, 2022Meanwhile, Heartstopper was renewed for two more seasons earlier this year.“We put so much love into the making of Heartstopper so to reassemble the team for two more seasons is a dream come true,” executive producer Patrick Walters said.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are believed to be pleased with the results of Buckingham Palace's investigation into allegations made against the Duchess of Sussex. The Palace will not be releasing their conclusions to the public, but had confirmed the investigation had now reached an end and that changes have already been implemented.

Amazon has restricted search results for LGBTQ+ related products like books and rainbow flags on its website in the United Arab Emirates.The online retail giant took the step after pressure from authorities in the Gulf state, the New York Times reported. Same-sex sexual relationships are illegal in the UAE – one of 69 countries in the world that still has laws criminalising being gay.An Amazon spokesperson said that, as a company, ‘we remain committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and we believe that the rights of LGBTQ+ people must be protected’.

A Newsmax host on Thursday celebrated the end of Pride Month, declaring anti-LGBTQ attacks, marginalization, discrimination, and bullying in the past, claiming Americans were required to display the LGBTQ Pride flag or risk getting “in trouble,” while lamenting the concept of “pride” as exclusionary and “a negative thing.”

Former President Donald Trump trotted out his greatest hits of disparaging rebukes on Thursday against ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, whose testimony before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol provided bombshell after bombshell.Calling her a “whack job” and repeatedly claiming he “hardly knew her,” Trump accused Hutchinson of fabricating every single part of her sworn testimony.Hutchinson, a former top White House aide to Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, spoke Tuesday about the behind-the-scenes chaos of the West Wing on and around January 6.

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Florida, with potential repercussions throughout the nation, as the state’s “don’t say gay” law goes into effect, restricting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity.The ugly law has an ugly history, with a Florida state senator saying too many kids are coming out as gay, another claiming that being LGBTQ+ is not a permanent state, and the governor’s press secretary saying its opponents are grooming children for sexual abuse.Along the way, however, those opponents expressed themselves fearlessly, with students and Disney workers staging walkouts, a gay senator offering a tearful floor speech, and a graduating high school senior managing to deal with the issue in his commencement address without saying “gay.”Versions of the legislation, officially titled Parental Rights in Education, were introduced in the Florida House and Senate in January. Dennis Baxley, chief sponsor of the Senate version, claimed he simply wanted to increase parents’ involvement in their children’s schooling.

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Snapchat showing him flapping his hands in an over-exaggerated fashion and giggling. In his caption, he appeared to brag that he was "stimming" along to a song.This person doesn't have an autism diagnosis. Stimming is a coping mechanism.

We’ve been following Nathaniel Hall’s work since he appeared on our screens last year as part of Russell T Davies’ seminal TV series It’s A Sin, and reviewed his play First Time when it toured a few months ago. Nathaniel and playwright Chris Hoyle are the artistic directors of Dibby Theatre; alongside producer Ross Carey, the trio run this queer Manchester-based theatre company. This Pride month they have launched Dibby’s LGBTQ+ Community Arts Fund, which aims to support LGBTQ+ creatives and communities to thrive across Greater Manchester.

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Ukraine can get their genders changed on official documents but they have to have been taking hormones for a certain period of time. They also have to make their case to the authorities and provide a medical certificate with a doctor verifying their trans identity.

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A post shared by @elliotpage Elliot Page says he’s joined a dating app. On his Instagram stories, Page posted a photo of himself yesterday (June 30) lying on a bed with Umbrella Academy co-star Ritu Arya, huddled over a device.

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On June 24, the United States Supreme Court overturned the Roe vs Wade case. This historic case was the foundation for the abortion legislation that was effective in the entire country for almost 50 years. The LGBTQ+ community has been protesting the decision and emphasising that many queer folks are severely affected by the removal […]

#ItsAPeopleThing pic.twitter.com/vj9UdlBnLy— Halifax (@HalifaxBank) June 28, 2022The photo quickly went viral and divided opinion. Some customers were outraged and threatened to close their accounts. Whoever was running the bank’s Twitter account clapped back admirably.“At Halifax, we strive for inclusion and equality.

London 2022 is a full schedule of sightseeing now it’s returned to its original route to celebrate 50 years of being loud and proud. That means it all kicks off at Marble Arch on Saturday. Then winding down Park Lane to Hyde Park Corner, and down Piccadilly way – ‘Ooh, Fortnums!’ – to Haymarket and Trafalgar Square and beyond.

The men of BearDance saw a record year for their event. (Leo Cusimano/Dallas Voice)

Pro-choice activists rally at the Indiana Statehouse on June 25. (AJ Mast/Associated Press)

Norma McCorvey, left, with her partner Connie Gonzalez in 1994 when her memoir, I Am Roe, was published. (Tammye Nash/Dallas Voice)

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Bruce Ragsdale Horton, born May 23, 1954 in Dallas, died on Friday, June 24, 2022, at the age of 68. Bruce was one of a kind and a force of nature: witty, biting, bawdy, fun, larger than life, politically incorrect, cinematic, fierce and a little intimidating. Under the stage name The Dragon Lady, he spent 50 years entertaining at the best, and worst, venues America has to offer.

Meet Soap! Those may look like some bona fide grandpa whiskers, but they actually belong to a kitten who is less than three months old. Soap is a male domestic shorthair mix with very large white whiskers who weighs at a tiny 3 pounds. He was transferred in to the SPCA of Texas’ Kitten Acatemy from another shelter in the midst of the most recent “Kitten Season.” He is neutered and current on all his age appropriate vaccinations. Soap is open to interviewing all potential adopters any day at the Greenville Ave. PetSmart location. There is a total of five such adoption locations in local PetSmart stores where the kitties are waiting for a purrr-fect forever home. The Jan-Rees Jones Animal Care Center is currently closed to the public. Animals are available from foster care and at the five PetSmart cat adoption locations. Appointments are required for foster animals. Please browse available animals at SPCA.org/FindAPet.

We have all heard the cliché that “Elections have consequences,” and we have seen it play out in real time during the 21st century through Supreme Court decisions impacting different groups of Americans. Let’s look at some of the key decisions: The Bush v. Gore 2000 election decision, which should have been

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