Lauren Boebert marks day three of Pride month by attacking queer kids

The cast of Netflix’s heartwarming new series Heartstopper has stepped out together for the London Pride Parade!

Cynthia Erivo is opening up about her sexuality.

J. Kim Murphy The stars of Netflix’s “Heartstopper” were determined to keep the party going at the Pride in London March Saturday afternoon, joining in the celebration and giving the finger to anti-LGBTQ+ protesters standing on the sidelines of the parade.Series leads Kit Connor and Joe Locke were joined by their costars Kizzy Edgell, Corinna Brown, Tobie Donovan and Sebastian Croft at the march, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

RITA Ora showed off her incredible figure in a dazzling gold Versace dress as she hosted a Pride party in London on Friday. The singer, 31, sported the Italian fashion houses’ piece to The Twenty Two Hotel in Mayfair.

Pop sensation Duncan James has revealed that he used to pretend to date his celebrity pals in a bid to avoid people realising he was gay. For years, the Blue singer was terrified of being outed and ridiculed so pretended to be straight by dating his friends such as Geri Halliwell and Martine McCutcheon. However this year, the 44 year old will proudly stand as a gay man as he performs at Pride events around the country in make-up, lingerie and even a pair of suspenders.

London Pride, wearing denim shorts, a black top and a colourful kimono with a rainbow flag trim at the bottom. Dame Kelly completed the look with sunglasses and a black cross-body bag which also featured a rainbow stripe down the middle. Addressing the crowd, Dame Kelly insisted she would never live ‘behind that curtain’ again.She explained: ‘For those that don’t know me, I am an honorary colonel with the Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment, I am a Dame Commander of The British Empire, I am the first British woman in the history of the Olympic Games to win two gold medals at the same games, I am mixed race and I am also a gay woman.‘For 34 years I have never been able to say those words until two weeks ago due to the fear of judgment and retribution that was instilled in me since the age of 18 because the laws in the military and being in the public eye didn’t allow me to do it.’She thanked fans for their support since coming out, adding: ‘All I can definitely say now is I’m 52, I’m never going to live behind that curtain again.’The sportswoman was joined by Alison Hammond and Phillip Schofield, who both wore white T-shirts with the ITV logo in rainbow colours. Dame Kelly had publicly come out as gay just two weeks beforehand, having felt she had to hide her sexuality for 34 years for fear of persecution.She revealed that she had first realised she was gay at the age of 17 in 1988 when she kissed a female comrade while was a soldier in the Women’s Royal Army Corps.The sports star revealed that she kept her sexuality hidden for fear of being persecuted as same-sex relationships were banned in the force, but it was the pandemic that spurred her on that it was finally time to be her ‘real self’ after having breakdowns

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen the cast of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” was first announced, much attention was paid to all the legacy “Trek” characters who were getting a new life on the Paramount+ series, from Capt. Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and Lt.

Conservatives are once again losing their minds over Disney incorporating LGBTQIA+ representation.

Niet eerder kwamen er zoveel mensen op de tocht door de stad af. Meer dan 30.000 mensen liepen mee, onder wie deelnemers van de eerste Britse Pride-parade uit 1972.

There’s a new daddy on the block, and his name is Machamp.The Nintendo Switch game Pokémon Unite released its latest update last week, adding dozens of new skins for its characters.

Releases: July 19What It's About: Sasha Laurens's sophomore YA novel follows Kat Finn, a teenage vampire living in poverty with her mother. Like all vampires, Kat and her mother drink a synthetic blood substitute called Hema to survive, and it's expensive, causing the two to struggle to make ends meet living among humans.

Note: The post contains a mention of suicide.—lww"If I was straight, we would likely be married."—jeremycady"Even last year when I broke my leg, they were the ones there supporting me and helping me get back to health." —Anonymous, 29, New York—area51official"We share our time, energy, and resources in such a selfless way. I am infinitely grateful for my chosen family.

Anti-LGBTQ protesters aren’t going to bring down Pride if the cast of “Heartstopper” have anything to say about it.

get into drag to entertain children. A lot of MY performances are lewd, suggestive or downright filthy.

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Pride Month, the Crown Estate commissioned 100 Pride flags to hang above Regent Street for the first time.But the flag on show is not the typical rainbow flag you probably know.This version is the intersex-inclusive Pride flag and was designed by Valentino Vecchiette in 2021.Vecchiette, who is the founder of Intersex Equality Rights UK added the purple circle on yellow background to incorporate the voices of intersex people.Intersex is a broad term for people born with sex characteristics that are not exclusively associated with a singular binary definition of male or female. These sexual characteristics can be internal, such as sexual organs or chromosomes, or they can be external signifiers, including body hair and breast growth.

Cara Delevingne is opening up about trans rights, women's rights and the importance of representation.In a new interview with British  for its August Pride Issue, the 29-year-old actress called on everyone to get involved regardless of whether they're part of the LGBTQ+ community.«Trans rights, women’s rights, they’re all human rights,» she said. «This isn’t about, ‘Oh, it’s not my job because I’m not part of the community.’ It’s all of our jobs to stand up for each other.»The star was among a slew of public figures interviewed for the Pride Issue.

Channel 4 has entertained and informed viewers up and down the land with its special season of landmark programmes and specials marking 50 years of Pride in the UK. It has explored all aspects of the movement, including the incredible achievements and challenges of advancing LGBTQ+ rights and visibility over the last half century, while also giving voice to the diversity of identity and sexuality in the 2020s.

Read more:LGBTQ+ on screen: We've come a long way but there's more work to doPride parade has become 'overly corporate', says one of UK's leading LGBTQ+ rights activists'There's still a danger to this community'Earlier, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan warned there was still a "danger" to the LGBTQ+ community in London, telling people not to be "complacent" at the event.He said: "We're back after the last two-and-a-half years or so. This year is the 50th anniversary of Pride, celebrating this community, celebrating the progress made, but also continuing to campaign and never be complacent."We saw this time last week an attack in Oslo just hours before that parade, where two people lost their lives and more than 20 were injured."So, we've got to be conscious of the fact that there's still a danger to this community of discrimination, bias and violence.

post on Facebook.Dozens of Polish towns and regions had declared themselves free of "LGBT ideology" in May 2019, sparking a dispute with the European Commission.Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS) claims that the so-called "LGBT ideology" undermines the country's religious family values.But the bloc slammed Warsaw for violating EU laws against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and withheld funding to several Polish regions.After a legal challenge from Poland's Human Rights Ombudsman, lower courts ruled that nine such "LGBT-free" resolutions must be scrapped, a decision upheld by the appeals court on Tuesday.Last year, the regional assembly of Świętokrzyskie became the first in Poland to revoke its anti-LGBT resolution.The EU Parliament has also passed its own resolution last year, declaring the entire 27-member EU a “freedom zone” for LGBT+ people.

Celebrity Gogglebox got in on Pride celebrations on Friday (1 July) with celebrities tuning in to a heartfelt scene from Channel 4 comedy Big Boys. Written by Jack Rooke and starring Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing, the show centres around two "mismatched boys" during their first year of university, and features a particularly poignant coming-out scene.

Channel 4. He will be hosting a live show from his home city of Birmingham. Joe, who is known for actively supporting gay rights and playing pranks on huge companies, will be hosting Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party on Sunday, July, 3.

London today for its 50th anniversary – and among them, there were quite a few dogs as well. We usually do a round up of people’s doggy friends when it comes to polling day, but it seems like voting is not the only way the nation’s canines like to make their voices heard. They’re also here in rainbow gear, protesting and partying, and looking extremely cute as they do it.

British Vogue for its August cover story celebrating LGBTQ+ pride.“[LGBTQ+ people] still “feel the need to be constantly justifying why we deserve to be treated as equal beings, when really the only difference is that we love differently and we express ourselves differently,” she told the magazine.“Rather than being chastised for that we should be commended for being brave. That’s the most important thing: giving people the space to show up fully as who they are,” she said.

From left: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey; photos courtesy of the governors' officesFlorida is getting all the attention with its heinous “don’t say gay” law taking effect, but several other states have major anti-LGBTQ+ laws that came into force Friday.Prominent among them is Alabama, which has its own version of a “don’t say gay” law.

went viral in Reddit’s r/pics forum this month, getting more than 89,000 upvotes.The inscription on the headstone reads “A Gay Vietnam Veteran: When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.”  A post shared by Sebastian Martorana (@sebastianmartorana) As the Reddit user who uploaded the pic noted, the grave is that of Leonard Matlovich, an Air Force technical sergeant who challenged the U.S. military’s ban on gay service members before his 1988 death from AIDS complications.Related: 12 American LGBT war heroesAs the Los Angeles Times reported after his death, Matlovich was a technical sergeant who volunteered for three tours of duty in Vietnam and earned the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart during his service. And he came up with the idea for his headstone after being diagnosed with AIDS nearly two years before his death.Jeff Dupre, a longtime friend, told NPR’s StoryCorps in 2015 that he met Matlovich at a Thanksgiving dinner.

British Vogue is celebrating Pride in a big way.

The driving star on Racing Pride – the sport’s LGBTQ+ charity – competing with her partner Jessica, and her favourite James Bond car.A Renault Clio. And you know what? I was really sensible. I guess I’ve always saved the speeding for the track.I’m lucky to have a partnership with a BMW dealership in Colchester.

Spoilers ahead for the final season of Stranger Things…Now that Netflix has released the final episodes for its 1980s-era sci-fi horror series Stranger Things, there’s really just one major question on queer fans’ minds: Does Will Byers finally come out as gay?Will is a shy, sensitive, and artistic boy who prefers playing Dungeon & Dragons (D&D) over his best friends’ interests in dating girls. Byers becomes a bit of an outcast, even amongst his own friends, when he is abducted into an alternate dimension known as “the Upside Down” and is later possessed by a demonic entity known as “The Mind Flayer.”A few clues throughout the series suggest that Will might be gay.

look right in the eye—we’re talking about good old-fashioned summer camp.Whether you’re an outdoorsy queer or not, camp holds a special place in our memories. A break from the norm, these summer retreats allowed us to explore and experiment away from the judging eyes of parents.

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A royal insider has claimed that The Queen is “fed up with Harry and Meghan drama” and wants the bullying claims surrounding Meghan Markle to be handled privately so a “line” can be drawn. The Daily Mail reports that a palace insider told Vanity Fair’s Katie Nicholl that Her Majesty, 96, wanted the inquiry to be handled privately in a bid to avoid any further problems with the Royal Family's public image.

LIVE – Updated at 13:45Pride in London has returned to the capital for the first time since 2019, celebrating 50 years since the very first march took place in 1972. More than one million people are expected to descend on the capital for the parade, which begins from 12pm on Saturday (2 July).

KELLY Holmes was spotted with Phillip Schofield at London Pride after bravely coming out as gay last month. The retired Olympic athlete, 52, was joined by the This Morning presenter and his co-star Alisson Hammond for the annual LGBT+ parade.

London Pride parade to raise awareness for prostate cancer. Dan and Matt shot to fame on the hit Channel 4 show Married at First Sight after becoming the first gay couple to take part.

London is celebrating its half-century, Brighton has signed up the biggest names and Manchester… well, Manchester will always be special. From major metropolises to tiny towns, the nation has turned rainbow and body glitter is ready to sparkle on every front room carpet. But what will you wear?Pride is back, bigger and bolder than ever before.

Glastonbury – it looked rubbish anyway. While you’re all sure to have loads of Pride plans to get to, you’ve got the news to get through first.

Read more:LGBTQ+ on screen: We've come a long way but there's more work to doPride parade has become 'overly corporate', says one of UK's leading LGBTQ+ rights activistsPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player'There's still a danger to this community'Earlier, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan warned there was still a "danger" to the LGBTQ+ community in London, telling people not to be "complacent" at the event.He said: "We're back after the last two-and-a-half years or so. This year is the 50th anniversary of Pride, celebrating this community, celebrating the progress made, but also continuing to campaign and never be complacent."We saw this time last week an attack in Oslo just hours before that parade, where two people lost their lives and more than 20 were injured."So, we've got to be conscious of the fact that there's still a danger to this community of discrimination, bias and violence.

Monekypox has been around for decades but usually only affects people in central or western Africa. In May, outbreaks were identified in UK and other parts of Europe. It has since spread to the US, where there have been over 300 cases.

parenting.But life does not work that way and 10 years later the two are the proud adopters of Nathaniel, 11, and brothers Oliver, eight, and Charlie, seven, who all have a range of disabilities.Phil, who works in the local council, held back tears of pride when he spoke to Metro.co.uk about his children and how they have all developed over the years.‘Look beyond the paperwork, see the possibilities and go meet the children who have disabilities,’ he said giving advice to other potential adopters. ‘You will get loads of firsts with a child with disabilities that you will not get with other children.

On Thursday night the House select committee investigating January 6 will hold its first prime-time public hearing to shed light on the violent attempt to overturn the 2020 election.The committee is expected to release previously unreported information about the events surrounding the Capitol insurrection, but CNN isn’t waiting to share new material.The network has been airing new audio obtained by New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns while researching their book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future.In the most recent clip to float to the surface, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) criticizes Rep.

June 6, 2022Her comments come after a Dallas gay bar, Mr. Misster, hosted a Pride Month, family-friendly drag brunch on Saturday.

using LGBTQ+ flashcards in her classroom (the teacher has since resigned from her position following pushback from a parent).“A North Carolina preschool is using LGBT flag flashcards with a pregnant man to teach kids colors,” wrote the Colorado congresswoman. But she wasn’t done — she also name-checked queer musician and comedian Randy Rainbow.

using LGBTQ+ flashcards in her classroom (the teacher has since resigned from her position following pushback from a parent).“A North Carolina preschool is using LGBT flag flashcards with a pregnant man to teach kids colors,” wrote the Colorado congresswoman. But she wasn’t done — she also name-checked queer musician and comedian Randy Rainbow.

https://t.co/uOJWDARiPuRainbow is of course known for his parody songs, often inspired by conservative political figures, in which he mocks them for their terrible words and actions. Back in March, Boebert was actually a target of one of Rainbow’s videos, along with Marjorie Taylor Greene.In it, he mocked the women for being “Karens,” set to the tune of “Dentist!” — ironically a song all about a man who enjoys causing people pain — from the musical “Little Shop of Horrors.”But for one fan, Tuesday’s Twitter exchange between Rainbow and Boebert inspired an idea.

It’s officially Pride month! And Lauren Boebert is obviously very triggered by this.Last night, the QAnon congresswoman fired off an angry tweet blasting LGBTQ equality and accusing the left of being “groomers.” Then she turned her sights on… Randy Rainbow?“A North Carolina preschool is using LGBT flag flashcards with a pregnant man to teach kids colors,” Qbert tweeted last night. “We went from Reading Rainbow to Randy Rainbow in a few decades, but don’t dare say the Left is grooming our kids!”A North Carolina preschool is using LGBT flag flashcards with a pregnant man to teach kids colors.We went from Reading Rainbow to Randy Rainbow in a few decades, but don’t dare say the Left is grooming our kids!— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) May 31, 2022Of course, Bobert, a high school dropout who didn’t complete her GED until 2020, didn’t offer any evidence to support her outrageous claims.

Nancy Pelosi’s husband was reportedly arrested Saturday for DUI in California. Paul Pelosi, 82, was held after his Porsche was involved in a collision with another vehicle in Napa County.

As the nation reels from another unbelievably tragic mass shooting, leave it to Rep. Lauren Boebert to pop into the public discourse to say the worst possible thing. She does seem to have a gift for it.Appearing on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program, Boebert called former Rep.