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Gemma Collins insisted that she is an "international superstar" who is on "another level" compared to her former TOWIE co-stars in a rant on Monday 18 July.The 41 year old TV personality, who recently beat the heatwave in a gorgeous swimsuit, said she has long moved on from her time on the Essex reality show as she continues her celebrity career in showbiz. Gemma, also known as the GC, was first spotted on TV screens selling a car to Kirk Norcross in the reality show before quitting eight years later in 2019. Now, speaking to the Mirror ahead of her Bingo Blitz campaign this week, she revealed that she believes she has paved a different life thanks to her hard graft.

interview with Russian blogger Vitya Kravchenko and in a photo shared to her own Instagram account on Monday.Russian State Duma lawmakers proposed an expanded prohibition on "promoting non-traditional sexual relations" on the same day, according to The Moscow Times. The current law covers so-called "LGBT propaganda" aimed at children only, with the proposed amendment banning materials directed at any age group.Kasatkina, 25, praised Russian soccer player Nadya Karpova for recently coming out as gay during the Russian-language interview, according to Sportskeeda. Kasatkina offered her "respect" for the soccer star, who she said had "helped others" by sharing her status."My respects to Nadya Karpova [for coming out], attagirl," Kasatkina reportedly said.

Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network said bitcoin mining is key to the company's restructuring efforts at a US bankruptcy court hearing on Monday (Jul 18) in Manhattan.

Editor's Note: The following article references transphobic material, including tweets deadnaming transgender people. In the story below, the reporter describes tweets without quoting them verbatim because The Advocate does not deadname anyone.

Some members of the neo-nazi cult Patriot Front are finally facing charges for planning to storm an Idaho Pride event this June — but does their punishment fit the attempted crime?Idaho police pulled over a U-Haul en route to a Pride in the Park event after an anonymous tipster witnessed the Patriot Front members loading up inside.The caravan of 31 uniformed men armed with riot gear and smoke grenades inside were all zip-tied, unmasked, and arrested for conspiracy to riot.Though the men were all originally charged and held on just over $300 bail, only six will now be facing the charges in court.Related: Patriot Front member’s mom tells him to find new home after Pride arrestIn addition to only affecting a fraction of the planned rioters, the crime they’re charged with is only a misdemeanor. The charge carries a maximum sentence of a fine and five years in prison.While police intervening on behalf of the queer community is a nice surprise, the fact is that most of this violent militia gathered from across the country to target an LGBTQ+ event is being let off largely scot-free, with just a handful of them facing low-level sentencing.The planned descent on the Idaho Pride event was just one of many attacks on queer events this past June; while legislators railed hard against queer people as “groomers“, right-wing Proud Boys tried to break up Drag Queen Storytime events across the country.Related: White supremacists destroyed a Pride mural. The video they made got them arrested.Two of the aforementioned Patriot Front members were also recently arrested for defacing a mural dedicated to Pride in Olympia, Washington; they were taken in after their own recording of the event was discovered by police.In addition to these two,

Republicans are accusing Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine of "grooming" children by speaking in support of gender-affirming care.GOP Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado both lashed out at Levine on Monday over comments she made during an MSNBC interview. Levine, the first openly transgender federal official confirmed by the Senate, spoke out against bullying and "politically motivated attacks" on transgender children during the interview, while advocating in favor of health policies that are based on data rather than evidence-free rhetoric."Trans youth are vulnerable and they suffer significant harassment and bullying, sometimes in schools or in their community," Levine said.

For the gay patrons of the Black Cat tavern in Silver Lake, it was a rotten way to start 1967.

A debate over how best to warn New Yorkers about monkeypox is roiling the New York City Department of Health. At the center of the dispute is a fundamental disagreement about public messaging, with some health officials saying the city should be encouraging gay men to reduce their number of sexual partners while monkeypox spreads, while others argue that message would backfire.

Related: Internet loses it over “country boy” whose tailgate shows his LGBTQ allyshipWhile he didn’t go into specifics about what popped up in his browsing history, it’s not hard to imagine what sort of content might have given it away. It was obviously this article offering 7 tips for coming out to your sibling, right? What else could it have been?!After he shared the story, T.J., John and the interviewer all bust out laughing, and T.J. said he made himself blush.

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The Discovery of Jeanne Baret, Feldman realized Baret’s story was a lot more complicated than initially appeared.“We don’t have anything that exists from her, we don’t actually know what her experience was or what her motivations were, or how she identified. A lot of different relationships to gender, a lot of different reasons for the choices that she made, are possible.

Via MrMan: The 32-year-old UK. heartthrob Taron Egerton stars in the new Apple TV+ series Black Bird, in which he manages to clap his cheeks while banging from behind.

Law and Order: SVU and Oz, is not only proud of having the best rear on TV, he’s also happy to let you see him working out in the buff.At least, that’s the vibe of a new Peleton ad where the muscular zaddy works out while wearing nothing more than white sneakers, socks, and some sweat.The commercial is meant to highlight the fitness company’s new workout app, but it does an excellent job of highlighting his lightly furry physique as he does yoga, high kicks, and raised-knee crunches. Even the cameraperson is so awestruck that they fall over while he demonstrates some rather revealing squats.Of course, Meloni knows that he’s a zaddy with nice glutes.

Queerty can admit that it doesn’t take much to get us excited about a movie. Often times, all we need is the word “gay” or “queer” in a logline and our ears perk up.

Prior to doing her part to help save American democracy from her crazy uncle, Donald Trump, bestselling author and podcaster Mary Trump worked as a psychologist and taught graduate courses in developmental psychology, trauma, and psychopathology.Related: Mary Trump says for the “first time in his entire life” her crazy uncle Donald is truly “terrified”With a PhD in clinical psychology, she knows a thing or two about mental health disorders. And in a new interview with The Daily Beast podcast, she explains that the steady drip, drip, drip of revelations coming from the January 6 committee is most definitely taking a toll on her uncle’s already “deteriorating” mental state.Trump explained that the ex-president, who she believes suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, is unable to cope with the constant criticism in a public forum where he can’t fire back.Related: Mary Trump just made a dire prediction about the growing rift between Donald and Ivanka“He is addicted to being at the center of attention,” she explains.

Flowers In The Attic, then you know there are certain secrets that are probably better off locked away.But, when it comes to being gay, we’re surprised to hear that there are still actors being told they should stay in the closet for the sake of their careers.At least, that’s been the experience of British actor Luke Fetherston, who is currently starring in Lifetime’s prequel miniseries, Flowers In The Attic: The Origin.  A post shared by Luke Fetherston (@lukefethers)The dashing star revealed to Attitude that he was “very recently” told by a former co-star that he should hide his sexuality if he wants to continue to work in entertainment. While he stressed that the comment came from a protective place of love—”she grew up in a different time”—he was still shocked by the bizarre advice.“Have I ever worried? Yes, I have worried about announcing it,” Fetherston admitted.

EA and Maxis have announced a free update for The Sims 4 that will expand the options for sexual orientation, and it will launch later this month. The new options will include underrepresented identities like asexual, aromantic, and other nuanced attraction experiences.The update will be made to the character customization (Create A Sim) menu, and players are able to access this screen at any point in the game.

One thing’s for sure: This former Chick-fil-a employee is anything but chicken.After months of harassment and transphobic discrimination by co-workers, mishandling by supervisors, and a wrongful termination, Erin Taylor of Decatur, Georgia is taking the fast food giant to court.While she wasn’t aware of the company’s queerphobic history when she started training for her location’s director of operations role last year, the restaurant’s culture soon made itself apparent.“I was excited, and unfortunately that excitement changed quickly, starting with my first day,” she tells NBC News.Taylor says she almost immediately started to be harassed by a co-worker with “very vulgar comments” including explicit “sexual passes” at her.

Meghan McCain just implied she fears for her life after waging a Twitter war with awful, anti-LGBTQ Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and being called a “rabid dog” who “couldn’t even sell 300 copies of her book.”Quick backstory: It all started a couple of days ago when someone called Lake a “maverick” on Twitter and Lake responded: “I’d hate to hurt Meg’s feelings. Someone called me ‘MAGA QUEEN’.

As Steve Bannon’s grand jury trial kicked off Monday with jury selection, the writing on the wall could not be any clearer for the former top Trump adviser’s chances in court.Bannon knows as much, and was unsuccessful in pushing to delay the trial and to call House members as witnesses, leaving him practically defenseless. Now even his biggest supporters — on his own podcast, no less — are saying it’s a done deal.Of course, while prosecutors and most onlookers see the contempt-of-Congress charges as an open and shut case after he very publicly snubbed a subpoena to appear before the House Jan 6 panel, his allies are giving the trial their own, warped spin.Still, everyone seems to be in agreement about where this is headed.A lawyer appearing on Bannon’s podcast gave his version of why the jury would quickly find him guilty, spinning it as an example of pure bias.

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Free Solo, but kinda wished there was more water and risk of drowning involved? Then you’re going to LOVE 100 Foot Wave. This six-episode docuseries follows big wave surfer Garrett McNamara, who is fearlessly (and often recklessly) chasing his dream of surfing a 100-foot-tall wave.

All Stars with some fresh fillers and a new set of pearly-white veneers, RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race is back this summer looking better than ever.In spring of 2020, the franchise spin-off made a fun if conceptually confused debut, in which trios of celebrities (Vanessa Williams and Loni Love among them) were given drag makeovers by queens, and then asked to compete in classic one-off challenges, like Snatch Game or the Rusical.The idea behind things being “secret” was flimsy at best given the contestants “RuVealed” themselves at the episode’s outset, but, hey, it was early on in the pandemic and we were happy for another diversion.This August, the format gets a revamp (a RuVamp???), taking a page from The Masked Singer to ensure that the “secret” stays in Secret Celebrity Drag Race. As a brand-new trailer details, 9 stars will compete in “the ultimate lip-sync showdown,” undergoing drag transformations while keeping their identities hush-hush.These stars are sitting on a secret! ? ? Don’t miss a brand-Ru season of Secret #CelebDragRace — FRIDAY AUGUST 12 at 8/7c on @VH1! ? pic.twitter.com/Lsv8mwqXkw— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaulsDragRace) July 18, 2022On a souped up soundstage, they’ll perform in front of a live studio audience to be judged by Mama Ru, Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews, and Carson Kressley.

A scandal is brewing in the nation’s capital surrounding a leader in the LGBTQ+ community. For more than a decade, Casa Ruby has provided temporary housing and social services to Washington, D.C.’s most vulnerable clients as its only LGBTQ+ bilingual, multicultural organization.

Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, 50, denied he had a sexual relationship with his nephew, Dennis Yadiel Sanchez, who has filed domestic violence charges against him.

We’re starting to think Ron DeSantis’ brain-worms are starving in there.In another ridiculous tirade, the Florida governor took the stage to rail against school teaching what he refers to as “woke math,” which seems to just be anything past two plus two.WATCH: Gov. Ron DeSantis slams “woke math”“I’m just thinking to myself, like, 2+2=4 right? It’s not ‘2+2= well, how do you feel about that? Is that an injustice?’ No – we gotta teach the kids to get the right answer.” pic.twitter.com/nWbwYuWwJP— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) July 15, 2022The governor’s uncertainty of two and two equaling four is almost as worrying as the idea that math is some leftist radicalization tactic if it dares to venture into any kind of real world application.Related: Ron DeSantis’ latest attempt at “protecting” kids becomes an instant embarrassmentThis is just another entry in the long list of DeSantis’ tactics to make conditions for public schools and underpaid, overworked teachers deteriorate.From instating the state’s wildly queerphobic “Don’t Say Gay bill” to snapping at students to not wear masks, it seems he’ll take any opportunity to make teachers and schoolchildren’s lives worse.It seems like the only example the governor has ever produced for his wild take on “woke math” is a set of problems based around Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings tweeted out by his press secretary.In reality, the worksheet didn’t come from any textbook, and wasn’t approved by the school district at all.

Teen Vogue. In 2010, the outlet ran a piece about the must-have item for the summer, except it wasn’t for an item at all, but a person.The piece extolled the glory of the GBF, better known as the Gay Best Friend.

R. Kelly told a doctor that he was 100% straight, a new report claims.

Texas’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz — aka “Cancun Cruz”  — was busy polishing up his Texas GOP Bigot Club membership badge by declaring the U.S. Supreme Court “clearly” was in error with its 2015 Obergefell ruling that legally recognized marriage equality nationwide.

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Travel blog by Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog) – Travels of Adam (Hipster Blog) - Chances are Dallas isn’t at the top of your list of dream destinations. And that’s okay. You won’t find any beachside cabanas there, nor will you be entering any exotic environments.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “The virus can spread from person-to-person through: direct contact with the infectious rash, scabs, or body fluids; respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face contact, or during intimate physical contact, such as kissing, cuddling, or sex; touching items (such as clothing or linens) that previously touched the infectious rash or body fluids; pregnant people can spread the virus to their fetus through the placenta.” At least one Twitter user shared that information in response to Mandel’s tweet. The current outbreak, which has resulted in 1,814 confirmed U.S.

A Sexplanation, released June 7, gay health reporter Alex Liu (pictured), 36, takes viewers on a journey to better understand sex by offering a sex education that is rooted in finding the fun and beauty in carnal pleasure.Liu, who also directed and co-wrote the film, explores sex through a range of lenses from the scientific to the religious, featuring interviews with psychologists, sex researchers, a Jesuit priest, and several generations of Liu’s family.“With humor and grit, Alex takes audiences on a playful, heartfelt journey from a shame-filled past to a happier, healthier, sexier future,” says the film’s synopsis.It’s also a bit personal for Liu, who, like many before him, was introduced to sex by way of the internet. When it came to sex education, Liu’s experience was the same as that of many other American students: Sex was taught to be something bad, with a focus on the pains of childbirth and the images of untreated sexually transmitted infections.Add in the fact that Liu is gay, and the fear that came from his sex-ed classes became ingrained.

First lady Jill Biden expressed solidarity with members of the LGBTQ community Monday at a D.C.-based fundraiser hosted by the Equality PAC, urging action amid fears same-sex marriage is under threat in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

Supreme Court's decision, the state asked the 11th Circuit to overturn a partial injunction to the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act. They even cited the Roe verdict in their appeal.This partial injunction had prevented doctors who prescribe hormones and puberty blockers to trans minors from being charged with a Class C felony. If it is appealed, doctors could face up to 10 years in jail for prescribing these drugs.We don't know what this would mean for my 17-year-old son, Phin, as he has already been injecting himself with testosterone every week for the past year.

Cape Cod Times reports. Kathryn Livelli, a former Womencrafts owner who owns the building, wants to sell the property. If Womencrafts doesn’t come up with the down payment by August 1, Livelli plans to put it on the market with an asking price of $700,000.The store sells books, art, music, jewelry, and other items created by women.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (MIAMI, FL – JULY 18, 2022) The National LGBTQ Task Force will honor MSNBC anchor and Associate Editor of The Washington Post Jonathan Capehart with the National Leadership Award at the 26th Annual National LGBTQ Task Force Gala on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.  The National Leadership Award is presented each year to an individual or group that embodies the  Task Force’s vision for a society where LGBTQ+ people are free to be themselves and is committed to the work to transform society for future generations and advance freedom, justice, and full equality for all LGBTQ+ people and their families. “When I was a kid and dreamed of being a journalist, it was all about reporting from the middle of the action.

Below are our picks for some of the most fun and creative things to do this week in the DMV (and Baltimore) that are of special interest to the LGBTQ community.

Remember when queerbaiting was just the domain of celebrities with an album to sell? Now it’s social media stars who are talking the talk of queerness without walking the walk. And followers are certainly noticing.“Every OnlyFans creator is bisexual until it’s time to actually have sex with the same sex,” one Reddit user vented in a recent r/askgaybros post.“I acknowledge that you don’t have to actually have sex with someone of the same sex to be bi,” that user elaborated. “But when your selling point is you being bisexual, hot, and open, is it not fair to expect at least some same-sex action? Or any, for that matter? This isn’t to say I hate OnlyFans.

spoken about wearing women’s clothing over the years. So them finding an identity somewhere under the LGBTQ+ umbrella may not have come as a surprise to everyone.But the pronoun change has prompted mixed responses, albeit not necessarily for the reasons one might think. Some fans immediately expressed their support for Uzi, with one popular post even referring to them as “officially the best non binary rapper of all time” (although it’s important to note that not all people who use they/them pronouns automatically identify as non-binary).Others have drawn attention to the rapper’s recent charge of felony assault against their ex-girlfriend, Brittany Byrd, while others threw it back to transphobic-sounding lyrics in their 2019 song “That’s a Rack” — “I was checkin’ my DMs, found out she was a man / I can’t DM, never, ever again.” Lil Uzi isn’t the only hip-hop artist to open up about their LGBTQ+ identity recently.Rapper Lil Wop, who came out as bisexual earlier this year, spoke to Say Cheese about his preferences for feminine men and trans women.

At 24, the actress and writer Jade Anouka got married. Had it been a movie, the first dance would have been set ominously to the theme from “Jaws.” Before the wedding, Anouka dismissed the fact that her fiancé had bought her a ring that did not fit. At 28, she got divorced.

Big Time.“Many of the songs I wrote on this record were inspired by my first queer relationships, coming to terms with who I was, a result of what it meant to be sitting with myself in a very real way during the early pandemic,” Olsen says. “It felt like I experienced a storm of emotions and realizations on love now that I was tapping into this hidden part of myself.

Gemma Collins looked incredible in a white minidress during a glamorous day out with her nephew over the weekend. The Only Way Is Essex alum, 41, took to her Instagram page to share a gorgeous snap of her sporting a pink bandanna and a white minidress at Silver Leys Polo Club in Hertfordshire.The plus-size body advocate matched her fashion-forward outfit with a vibrant Christian Dior bag and mirrored eyewear while raising a glass as if toasting to a brilliant time.

Related: Dr. Oz’s Senate campaign is going even worse than anyone could have imaginedAccording to The Daily Beast, however, Oz has been siphoning “dark money” into his campaign through a super PAC made possible by Citizens United, the landmark 2010 SCOTUS ruling that allows for corporations and nonprofit organizations to make unlimited financial contributions to super PACs:The super PAC backing Oz is called American Leadership Action.

A few months back, it was reported that actors Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge would be starring in Knock At The Cabin, the latest from horror auteur M. Night Shyamalan, a.k.a.

Dancing With the Stars last year, wowed crowds at Dodger Stadium Saturday, July 16, while competing in the MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball game.Siwa, 19, hit an impressive inside-the-park home run for Team Los Angeles. She went toe-to-toe with pitcher and Migos rapper Quavo, who starred for Team Brooklyn.

After serving the American public for decades, one of this country’s most prominent scientists plans to retire from government work.Dr. Anthony Fauci told Politico he plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s current term as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at that National Institutes of Health.Fauci has not begun the process of retiring, nor does he have a specific retirement date in mind.“I have said that for a long time,” Fauci told the outlet of his plans to leave the administration before Biden’s term ends in January 2025.