Internet Backs Man Who Wants to Include 'Black Family' in Wedding Photos

Gemma Collins made a bright and colourful appearance with her mum Joan as the pair visited the Chelsea Flower Shower in London on Monday afternoon. The mum-and-daughter duo were pictured as they arrived at the annual event hosted by the Royal Horticultural Society at The Royal Hospital grounds in the capital. Gemma, 41, certainly stood out at the show as she was seen wearing a yellow and pink lemon printed maxi dress from her New Look collection that had ruffle detailing along the waist.

Glamour 2021 Woman of the Year Megan Thee Stallion wore an that was giving some serious summer-to-fall transition vibes to the Balenciaga show in New York City on Sunday, May 22, where temps reached the high 80s. For the event, which it's worth noting was free from any , Megan Thee Stallion wore a formfitting black short sleeve sheer top with a crew neck. The top revealed a basic black bra and silver belly button ring. paired the sheer top with black high-waisted and elevated the casual ensemble with a pair of black knee-high pointed-toe heeled .

Gemma Collins looked ready for summer as she attended the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on Monday.The 41-year-old was joined by her mum, Joan, as the pair enjoyed the event's press and preview day.Gemma, former TOWIE favourite, was the perfect advert for her new inclusive clothing range with New Look, as she wore a gorgeous pink and yellow frill dress.Her dress featured a lemon and floral pattern.The GC paired the flowy chiffon number with a pink handbag and matching sandals.Her long blonde hair was flowing over her shoulders.

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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.

When it comes to storybook romance, Dodgers Senior Vice President Erik Braverman and his now-husband Jonathan Cottrell knocked it out of the park.Their love story began in 2019, when the pair met on vacation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. “We happened to be at the same swim-up bar, sipping piña coladas,” Braverman told the New York Times.

N-Dubz star who threatened to "slap him so hard".The former Celebrity Big Brother housemate, 34, is also accused of calling the bloke he was a "batty boy" after he appeared to mock Dappy's tour sales via Instagram Direct Messages.The spat comes after N-Dubz announced their comeback last week and plunges the band into a fresh controversy.A TikTok user has shared his alleged messages from the No Regrets hitmaker, who had posted about his tour tickets going live, to which Patrick responded with: "It's not 2009, no one cares."However, Dappy allegedly saw red and instantly hit back with a string of messages including homophobic slurs and threats of violence.One message that is reportedly from Dappy reads: "U absolute no body," while another reads: "Batty boy."As the messages continue, Dappy penned: "Suck ya mudda u no body."I would slap u soooo hard. Little tramp."However, the bloke in question explained: "I was trying to annoy him," before sharing his response of: "OMG okay daddy x," to which Dappy appears to respond with: "Little batty boy."The messages go on to show the TikTok user ask the singer: "Why u so angwy [sic]," but this appeared to frustrate the musician even more.Dappy is believed to have responded: "I hateeee people like u."Like why the f**k are u msgn me if u don't like me.

When we think of Donja R. Love, a few words come to mind, such as innovative, trailblazing, and fierce.Unapologetically, Black, queer, and HIV-Positive, the Philadelphia-born playwright discovered that, even when he failed to find the right words to say out loud, writing became his superpower.

EastEnders legend Michelle Collins gushed to the Loose Women panel today about her upcoming wedding to her partner of 10 years. Michelle Collins, 59, revealed that her long-term partner Mike Davidson had proposed to her on April 1 2022.The soap star told today’s Loose Women that it “wasn’t on her agenda” to get married, though the couple had been together for 10 years. Asked by the panel what it was that made the pair take the plunge, she replied: “We survived the pandemic together - it actually brought us closer together.” Michelle also opened up about her struggles the last few years alongside Covid - her mum and her best friend died in the same year.

Kimberly Hart-Simpson has shared her pride at being able to portray Nicky Wheatley’s sex worker past in Coronation Street. The actress made her Weatherfield debut in 2020 when her character met recently widowed Daniel Osbourne.

Having raised £25,000 through GoFundMe in the summer of 2020, the AZ Creative Fund has returned for its second phase.

woman has regaled the internet with the cringeworthy story of the time she spotted someone wearing white at her friend's wedding.However, she revealed how her sense of indignation at someone committing the cardinal sin of wedding etiquette soon gave way to embarrassment when she discovered the truth.While couples are happy to chop and change many of the traditions associated with a wedding day, one rule that remains firmly in place is that only the bride may wear white."It is still generally considered to be 'bad form' to wear all white to a wedding," etiquette expert Jo Bryant told GoodToKnow. "It can be taken as you trying to upstage the bride." She added.

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.

Following a two-year hiatus, the in-person celebration of DC Black Pride over Memorial Day Weekend will return to the nation’s capital, from May 26-30.Organized by the Center for Black Equity, this year’s DC Black Pride has over 25 events around the city, highlighting the Black LGBTQ community in Washington. The focus for this year is making it accessible, making it happen, and making it fun. “For a lot of our community from around the country, DC Black Pride, and Black Pride, in particular, is like a family reunion,” says Kenya Hutton, deputy director of The Center for Black Equity.

Gogglebox Ireland, gay best friends John and Dave, also made an appearance at the event as special guests, to celebrate with the 60 members of the club.Dining Out was founded in April 2002 and for 20 years now they have organised dinners twice a month in different restaurants all around Dublin. Usually, there are between 15 and 30 men in attendance at every dinner and they sometimes also organise weekends away.For their 20th birthday, the club decided to go big with a Gala dinner at Wynn’s Hotel, where 60 members were present.

monkeypox was diagnosed in a man in Massachusetts.Although occasional cases are identified in the US, they are usually in people who have returned from a trip to Central or West Africa. Two people in Maryland and Texas were diagnosed with it last year, but both had visited Nigeria beforehand.However, the Massachusetts man had returned from a trip to Canada in late April.“At this point in time, we don’t have any information that links the Massachusetts case to cases in the UK”, said Jennifer McQuiston of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Local MSP for Linlithgow, Fiona Hyslop, has backed a campaign by Girlguiding Scotland to address gender equality issues in schools.

Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire. Sign up to our newsletters here. English Premier League footballer Justin Fashanu was the only other player to admit he was gay, when his playing career ended.

Police investigating a homophobic assault which left a 22-year-old man with serious head and facial injuries have released CCTV images of a man and woman detectives want to speak to. Morgan Fevre, from Didsbury, was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary from Manchester city centre, then transferred to Salford Royal Hospital for emergency surgery to save his life.

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.

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Actress Nicola Coughlan has been very much in the limelight in recent months. The star, 35, plays teenager Clare Devlin on Channel 4’s Derry Girls and can also be seen on Netflix as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton.

Four new cases of monkeypox have been identified in the UK, all of which are among gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men (MSM).

Hamilton. He married his husband, Tobias Madden, in 2019.At their wedding reception, they performed a dance to ​​Jennifer Lopez’s 1999 hit ‘Let’s Get Loud’.To mark their third anniversary, Assetta posted a video clip to his TikTok account last week.

3 min read Funding has been committed to help establish a long-awaited Australian LGBTIQA+ museum to be based in Sydney.

The artist known as Tom of Finland would have turned 102 this year. A pioneer of LGBTQ and erotic arts, Tom of Finland not only pushed the boundaries of homoerotic art and censorship in the 1950s and 60s, but his images became intertwined with gay culture and the gay aesthetic of the 1970s until present day.His stylized and exaggerated images of masculine men being joyfully erotic changed the way that many gay men saw themselves and their sexuality.

Monkeypox virus, bringing to seven the total number of patients infected with the dangerous virus. According to a report in the Independent, the most recent cases of the zoonotic disease which can be fatal in up to 10 percent of its victims, were among gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with men, and who appeared to have contracted the disease in London. Monkeypox virus is endemic to central and western Africa, and U.K.

WFAA. In a news release from the NBA, the organization stressed how hands-on the player has been in his activism.“Bullock has focused on acceptance of all people by working to create truly inclusive communities through neighborhood engagement and national efforts around the LGBTQ movement, including participating in the NYC Pride March, the GLAAD Media Awards, and NBA events for LGBTQ youth and allies,” the league wrote. “Most recently, as part of the Mavs Take ACTION! the initiative, Bullock participated in a courageous conversation as part of the HUDDLE series to uplift the Trans community, amplify community organizations who are working to support and protect LGBTQ individuals, and create opportunities for allyship.”Since joining the Mavs, he has worked with organizations including Abounding Prosperity, Dallas Southern Pride, House of Rebirth, The Black-Tie Dinner, the Resource Center, and the Muhlaysia Booker Foundation.

Elska, a project centered on traveling around the world, meeting some everyday local gay guys, and introducing them and their city to readers through honest photography and personal stories. It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it!The latest documents a trip to Bern, Switzerland.Below, Liam shares exclusively with GayCities a selection of photos along with a bit of behind-the-scenes commentary about each.Bern is one of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever visited. It has the old-world charm of places like Lisbon and Stockholm, but without any of the grit beneath the surface.

Table Captain sales are now open for the 41st annual Black Tie Dinner, set for Sept. 24 at Sheraton Dallas Hotel. The dinner is presented by PNC Bank.

Gay San Francisco health advocate Gary McCoy has dropped one of the defendants in the $1.9 million lawsuit he filed May 9 after she reposted a Twitter meme accusing McCoy of murdering 1,500 people at the Tenderloin Linkage Center. He is still suing the alleged source of the offending tweet, an individual who goes by what is assumed to be a pseudonym, Karl Brandt, although that person's identity has not yet been confirmed.

A post shared by Zeb Saint One (@zebadiahsaint)Independent professional wrestler Zeb Saint recently came out. The Washington state-based wrestler will help diversify his hard-hitting sport.In a recent tweet, Saint wrote, “Self discovery update: I’m not straight.

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.

Healio reported the EPIC-NSW study also found older men and those who used methamphetamine were more likely to report Hepatitis-C than others in the study.“In implementing PrEP rollout, there was uncertainty about the impact that this would have on hepatitis C virus transmission in the community of gay and bisexual men in New South Wales,” said Janaki Amin, PhD, MPH, an epidemiologist and professor of public health at Macquarie University in Sydney.Amin explained researchers were concerned the use of PrEP might change certain “risk behaviors associated with an increased risk of HCV,” as seen in other countries where PrEP is used, but their fears proved unfounded.According to the report, just 20 participants in the study were diagnosed as acquiring Hepatitis-C during the study for a rate of 0.2 per 100. And those participating in the study who did acquire Hepatitis-C were significantly older (41 years versus 34 on average) and far more likely to use methamphetamine.“PrEP rollout did not result in high levels of HCV incidence in our population,” Amin said.

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Jaquel Spivey is redefining what it means to be a leading man on Broadway, and both critics and audiences are paying attention. Hired shortly after graduating from Pittsburgh’s Point Park University to star in Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, A Strange Loop, the endearingly sassy 23-year-old has already won a Theatre World Award and earned nominations for this year’s Drama League and Tony Awards for his performance as Usher, a young Black artist at odds with his sexual identity, familial expectations, torturous thoughts, and desire to create original art.Spivey spends nearly every moment of the self-proclaimed “big, Black, and queer-*ss Great American Musical” pouring his heart out as a conflicted artist trying to decide who he is and what he wants in a world that goes out of its way to remind him that he is too Black, too gay, too fat, and not hung enough to play in the big leagues.

Heartstopper star Joe Locke dreams of playing the first gay Disney prince following the success of the coming-of-age Netflix series.The 18-year-old actor rose to worldwide fame, almost overnight, after Heartstopper landed on the streaming service two weeks ago.Joe plays Charlie Spring, a year 10 student at an all-boys grammar school who develops a crush on rugby lad Nick Nelson (Kit Connor), whom he sits next to during form.However, the crush quickly develops into something much more, with year 11 Nick also falling for Charlie while grappling with his own sexuality.The two boys embark on a secret romance, as Nick comes to terms with his own identity and battles confusion, and Charlie faces bullying from Nick’s friends.Heartstopper has been widely praised by viewers for its authentic LGBTQ+ storytelling, with countless fans feeling inspired to come out to their own families as a result.Older queer viewers have also praised Heartstopper for offering positive representation for LGBTQ+ youth, which they didn’t have growing up.The show rocketed up the Netflix charts following its release, and now it seems the sky is truly the limit for the cast, who are amassing millions of social media followers.Setting his sights high and keen to be a beacon of hope for other LGBTQ+ people, Joe (who is, amazingly, studying for his A-levels amid the Heartstopper chaos) wants to star in a Disney project, telling the Independent: ‘I would love to play the first gay Disney prince.’‘That would be a dream,’ he added.??? @Disney https://t.co/ijFLoXur68He also hopes Heartstopper will be renewed for a second season (we’re waiting for the announcement too) and wants to pursue more projects that ‘mean something.’The actor – who scored his Heartstopper

Rebecca Black closed GAY TIMES’ first-ever stage at The Great Escape with a collection of her most beloved pop bangers.

TEEN Britain's Got Talent sensation Eva Abley is smiling again after years of bullying at school. The 14-year-old, who had the judges and viewers in hysterics on Saturday night, appeared on Lorraine today alongside her mum.

The late Tom Parker recalled how being bullied in his childhood led to his incredible career as part of The Wanted in his memoir Hope: My Inspirational Life.Tom was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in October 2020 and tragically passed away at age 33 in March this year, leaving behind his beloved wife Kelsey and their two children Aurelia, two, and one year old Bodhi.The singer wrote that he suffered at the hands of bullies as a child as he was called names due to his height as well as "Saj after the kid from the film East Is East," thanks to the parka he wore back then. "I literally wasn’t called Tom throughout the whole of my time at school," he wrote.

‘America First’ leader, extreme right-wing, white nationalist, and anti-LGBTQI podcaster Nick Fuentes has a reason for being an involuntary celibate heterosexual. Fuentes, who considers himself the “straightest guy” recently said that any kind of sexual activity was “gay”.The Anti-Defamation League, describes Fuentes as a “white supremacist”. According to ADL, “Fuentes and his America First adherents vocally support the closure of the U.S.

GEMMA Collins enjoyed a luxury at-home beauty treatment after revealing her wedding to fiance Rami Hawish is on hold. The 41-year-old looked fresh-faced as she went make-up free in a series of clips shared on Instagram.

(Photo: Inna, Yevhen, Vladyslav, and Oleh "Alex" Makarenko)A gay man from South Florida who says members of a family beat him so badly he was left blind has shared the details of the attack.The man, who has remained unidentified, told local station WSVN that he thought he was going to be killed by his attackers when he was assaulted in Pompano Beach in August.“Definitely, they were trying to kill me. They were trying to hurt me,” he told the station.

An Alabama judge has partially blocked the state’s harmful anti-LGBTQ+ law that criminalises gender-affirming care for trans youth. 

An Alabama judge has partially blocked the state’s harmful anti-LGBTQ+ law that criminalises gender-affirming care for trans youth. 

An Alabama judge has partially blocked the state’s harmful anti-LGBTQ+ law that criminalises gender-affirming care for trans youth. 

Football Association diversity officer offers an insight into the animosity an LGBT player could experience.The 40-year-old, who had previously played for clubs including Manchester United, Juventus, and AS Monaco, said that he was shocked by just how many West Ham players said they would want a gay team-mate to leave the club.‘It’s like you can’t be a gay football player, people will go mad,’ Evra told Gabby Logan on the Mid Point podcast.‘I give the example, when I was playing for West Ham, someone from the English federation came and he said “we need to accept everyone” and the amount of players that were like “no, if some of my team mates are gay they have to leave now. I won’t do any shower [with them]”.Two Manchester United stars pulled apart after 'shocking' bust-up in training'Lost the plot' - Paul Merson slams Mikel Arteta after Arsenal's defeat to SpursJude Bellingham makes transfer decision amid Man Utd, Chelsea and Liverpool links‘I stand up and I say “shut up, shut up everyone, can you hear yourselves?” We still don’t accept everyone.

GEMMA Collins is quitting showbiz in an attempt to get pregnant. The TOWIE favourite exclusively told The Sun Online how she will "rest" this summer to "make a baby" with fiance Rami Hawash, 48.