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The ‘Godfather of Gay’, Tonie Walsh is back with his unmissable Lavender Walk, Dublin’s original LGBTQ+ history tour. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience Ireland’s rich queer history at some of the sites where seminal events took place and the country’s queer community was born. As founder of the Irish Queer Archive and co-founder of […]

As everyone already knows, Pride month is the best time of the year with a smorgasbord of LGBTQ+ events happening around Ireland. There is so much to do that it is almost impossible to keep track of all the different things happening. So, to help you find some hidden gems that are taking place this […]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 17, 2022 CONTACT: Cathy Renna, Communications Director, National LGBTQ Task Force, 917-757-6123 NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE STATEMENT ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S PRIDE MONTH EXECUTIVE ORDER Washington, DC……Yesterday, along with LGBTQI+ families, advocates, elected officials, and leaders, the National LGBTQ Task Force attended the White House LGBTQ Pride Month event hosted by President and Dr. Biden.

The Boys in The Band, as a guest on the "HFPA In Conversation" podcast, Parsons shared, "This was a blind date set up by two friends of ours, one that was very close to me, Tammy who I went to grad school with, and [Spiewak’s] boss. They happened to be friends. This sounds so whatever, but they each had a gay friend who was looking for somebody to go on dates with.

London.The UK’s first Pride March, in 1972, took place just a few miles away between Hyde Park and Trafalgar Square.The march is depicted among the photographs within the Queer Britain museum, along with other key moments spanning the UK’s LGBTQ+ history.The museum’s contents are tightly interwoven with its staff.Front of House manager Stephanie Stevens initially joined Queer Britain as a volunteer, desperate to get ‘involved in any way’.She told Metro.co.uk: ‘As a trans woman, queer identifying, this was so important to me, I wanted to get involved in any way.‘Having an entire space dedicated to LGBTQ+ history is just amazing.‘It’s so normal to have to be grateful to be in the background of some other space, hidden away in a back room.‘To have our own museum is long overdue, it’s something we’ve needed for a long time.‘We’re slap-bang in the middle of London, standing shoulder to shoulder with huge institutions.’The aptly named ‘Welcome to Queer Britain’ display is the inagural exhibition for the museum.Lasting until July and spread over several rooms, it features key images from throughout the history of UK’s battle for LGBTQ+ rights.Rickshaw rider charged £180 for three minutes - and now he's got a £1,000 fineWhat I Rent: Oriana, £2,000 a month for a one-bedroom flat in Canning Town, LondonChef sacked for not washing hands after being caught 'kissing and fondling' waiterSection 28, the law which prohibited the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ by councils, introduced by the Thatcher Government in 1988, is featured.However images of more joyful occasions, such as the legalisation of equal marriage in England, Wales and Scotland – and later Northern Ireland – are also depicted.The exhibit also features key figures such as

Adele Roberts and her girlfriend Kate Holderness have been lighting up our lives with their love for one another.BBC Radio 1 DJ Adele and actress Kate have been each other’s rocks through thick and thin, with the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star recently declaring she’s ‘going to have to marry’ her partner for being an ‘absolute angel’ throughout her bowel cancer journey.The pair have been in a long-term relationship for several years and are stronger and closer than ever.So today, Adele and Kate are both taking on the role of Metro.co.uk’s very own LGBTQ+ agony aunts, and they’re here to provide advice on a sticky wedding situation.Dear Adele and Kate, My partner and I have recently got engaged. While we’re super excited about wedding plans and tying the knot, some of my older family members are still disapproving of my relationship. I really want them to be there to celebrate my special day and for them to be involved (e.g. I want my dad to walk me down the aisle). However, at the moment, they don’t want to come to the wedding at all. How do I talk them around?Kate: Firstly, congratulations on your engagement! We’re so excited for you! I’m really sorry to hear that some members of your family might be choosing not to share your special day with you.

Bord Gáis Energy launched their new ‘State of Play’ campaign yesterday, focusing on the inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community in the world of sports. To mark the launch, the company released the findings of consumer research conducted about team sports. A sponsor of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, Bord Gáis Energy […]

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Amidst attempts around the country to ban LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books, the sheer number of new titles being published gives me hope. Here are some of my favorite new ones about Pride and the early LGBTQ rights movement, perfect for this month but worth reading all year ’round. For the very youngestWe Are the Rainbow!

In the United States the call for meaningful gun violence prevention is louder than ever. People are tired of mass shootings every day; they want their kids to go to school and then come home alive. And Republicans are responding to the deadly gun violence epidemic just as you’d expect them to: by demanding to see the genitals of transgender kids. Ohio House Republicans have passed a bill that allows just about anybody to demand a “genital check” of any kid playing girls’ s

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Instagram stories. She does not use any particular labels for herself. Ava specified that she is attracted to "people" while answering the question of a fan who asked if she liked girls or boys. She also said that her gender is "whatever."Singer Emeli Sandé came out as queer in early April. In an interview with Metro, she clarified that she is in a same-sex relationship and that she is "happier than ever."Four-time Survivor contestant, Ozzy Lusth, has come out as bisexual via Twitter on April 8. And for my Republican Colleagues, and anyone else who matters, Yeah I’m Bisexual.

Deborah Birx has praised the LGBTQ community for helping prevent the spread of monkeypox. The physician and diplomat told Newsweek the community is "extraordinary responsible" that the American public can trust to report new cases, despite the stigma surrounding the latest outbreak.Monkeypox is currently spreading throughout the globe, with current CDC data showing over 2,100 cases in 37 countries.

pic.twitter.com/bSl3Cyiq9pNow, the advertisement company behind the campaign has apologised and admitted it messed up. The Austrian branch of German agency Jung von Matt posted a statement on Linkedin saying they had listened to the criticism.

London’s most successful LGBTQ+ nightclubs could close, after owners admitted they ‘don’t know what the future holds.’G-A-Y, with venues across the capital, has been in business for decades, and have welcomed guests such as Spice Girls, Lady Gaga and Adele.But the venues closed on June 12 for a ‘true break’ to protect the mental health of staff, owner Jeremy Joseph announced this week.He also revealed he is considering shutting down them for good.Mr Joseph told Virgin Radio Pride UK: ‘There are probably three or four options on the table, including closing and selling up.‘I’m not saying that’s what I’m going to do. I don’t know what I’m going to do.

Actor Chris Evans has spoken out in response to criticism about the same-sex kiss that’s featured in the latest Disney and Pixar animated film Lightyear. Evans voices the main character, Buzz Lightyear in the film and has been nonplussed by those who have expressed anger towards a scene which shows Buzz’s fellow astronaut Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) kissing her partner of the same sex.  In an interview with Variety, the actor said that “there’s always going to be people who are afraid and unaware and trying to hold onto what as before. But those people die off like dinosaurs.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorCharlie Carver doesn’t leave much to the imagination in his new ad campaign for queer-owned fragrance and candle company Boy Smells.The video and print campaign, a queer parody of the Garden of Eden called “Nurture Your Nature,” stars “The Batman” actor as “Gay Adam” and “Hacks” standout Meg Stalter as “Bisexual Eve.” Carver wears nothing but a pair of gold booty shorts. His toned body glistens as he and Stalter feed each other pieces of fruit.

became chairman of the board of the National Organization for Marriage, a group with the primary mission of opposing marriage equality, although it has taken up some other conservative causes too. NOM’s website still lists him as chairman and the well-known anti-LGBTQ+ activist Brian Brown as president.The website hasn’t been updated in some time, but NOM remains active on social media, even though the U.S. extended equal marriage rights to same-sex couples through a Supreme Court ruling seven years ago.

Billy Eichner has dropped the second trailer for his highly anticipated LGBTQ+ film Bros.

Ryan Heath 06/16/2022 06:10 PM EDT Link CopiedSecretary of State Antony Blinken says he brings up LGBTQI rights with his Saudi counterpart “invariably, in every conversation,” but defends President Joe Biden’s planned July visit to the kingdom — where homosexual acts carry the death penalty.“There are a lot of different things” that constitute America’s interests in the country, Blinken said.Speaking at the State Department’s first-ever briefing for LGBTQI reporters, Blinken told POLITICO that “we have real engagement” with Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud when he raises his LGBTQI-themed complaints. But he said human rights are only one part of America’s foreign policy and “everything has to be reflected in what we do.”It’s hardly the concerted effort to treat the Saudis “like the pariah they are” that Biden promised as a candidate, but Blinken insists that was never the administration’s plan.

San Francisco health officials have now identified three confirmed and three probable cases of monkeypox, the SF Department of Public Health announced Wednesday, June 15. Alameda County reported its first case on June 9.While the San Francisco health department is not providing details about the cases, citing patient confidentiality, Dr.

There are 140 million poor and working-class people in the United States – with 22% of LGBTQ people living in poverty. As an organization that fights for LGBTQ people and families, economic justice is a vital aspect of our movement. It is because of that that we are answering the call from the National LGBTQ Anti-Poverty Action Network for the LGBTQ community to show up for the Poor People’s Campaign’s Moral March on June 18th.  As we take to Washington, joining side by side with those affected by the inequalities present in this nation, we’re reminded that despite the progress made in our

Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin kissing days before an LGBTQ pride parade.Street artist Andrea Villa hung a large poster of Putin and Zelensky kissing each other by the side of a city street in Turin on Wednesday, three days before the Turin Pride Parade on June 18. The artist previously hung an image that depicted Putin as Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in protest of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began February 24.The new poster shows Putin and Zelensky, both dressed in suits and backed by their respective national flags, locking lips while embracing one another, with Putin's arms shown perched on Zelensky's shoulders.

Representation matters. Although the world of reality dating shows focuses overwhelmingly on heterosexual couples, there are some series that have challenged that norm.

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Students at Yeshiva University in New York have tried for years to get their school to recognize an L.G.B.T.Q. student club, pushing back on the administration’s argument that its status as a Modern Orthodox Jewish school exempted it from the city’s human rights law. Last year, a group of students and alumni filed a lawsuit, and on Tuesday a state judge ruled in their favor, declaring that Yeshiva is not a religious institution and so must follow the law and recognize the club.

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Billy Eichner might just have himself a bromance.

This essay, by Lucas Cohen-d’Arbeloff, age 17, from Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, is one of the Top 11 winners of The Learning Network’s Ninth Annual Student Editorial Contest, for which we received 16,664 entries. We are publishing the work of all the winners and runners-up over the next week, and you can find them here as they post. How ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Diminishes Same-Sex Parents and Their Children As a rosy-cheeked nine-year-old, I beamed as I walked down a grassy aisle blanketed with flower petals.

Axios.Sen. Jeremy Moss, who is the first openly gay person in the Michigan State Senate, told the outlet, "This is clearly an intentional target against our community.

Media Matters.Last month, threats of violence forced a school district in Wisconsin to take drastic security measures.The Kiel Area School Board canceled the remaining in-person school year for children in its district because of multiple bomb threats. In addition, the school announced that it dropped a Title IX investigation after weeks of threats, local TV station WFRV reports.

The Feeling singer Dan Gillespie Sells says his feelings – no pun intended – about the Pride flag are ‘complex’, but actually, they aren’t. The Everybody’s Talking About Jamie co-creator dreams of a time when the LGBTQ+ community no longer needs to use the flag as a symbol of their right to equality because, in this reality, they would have achieved it. It’s that simple. However, with the flag becoming such an ingrained part of the fight, would it be that easy to let go? This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pride Month, an event held annually for members of the queer community and their allies to celebrate their identities, accomplishments, and reflect on the struggle for equality. Perhaps at the heart of it all is the Pride flag, also known as the rainbow flag, which has become a well-known symbol of gay pride. It began with the traditional colours of the rainbow but, in 2022, now has various versions to truly represent the diverse family the LGBTQ+ groups have become. According to Queer In The World, there are currently more than 50 flags you might spot, though the number isn’t fixed as there may be multiple designs and variations for any particular flag. For example, there’s now the More Color More Pride flag, which was created in 2017 to add black and brown colour strips to the top of the flag.

the New York Times that both “Philadelphia” and his 1994 dramedy “Forrest Gump” were “timely movies, at the time, that you might not be able to make now.”“Let’s address, ‘Could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now?’ ” Hanks asked. “No, and rightly so.

The hosts of the Us Weekly’s “Hot Hollywood” podcast break down the biggest news of the week, including our Saks Off Fifth and Phluid Project LGBTQ+ story of the week — Rebel Wilson’s new love connection!

Creating a more inclusive environment is the goal of the automotive industry leader, Ford, with their new video series, ‘Ford Presents Tough Talks.’ Host Gareth Thomas, the first openly gay Welsh rugby union professional, starts the series by opening up about the common issues people in the LGBTQ+ community face in the automotive industry. The […]

Irish charity ShoutOut begins two exciting initiatives in June, with the June 29 launch of a guide for parents and guardians on supporting LGBTQ+ youth, and the release of ‘ShoutOut, ListenIn,’ a podcast discussing education about LGBTQ+ issues in Ireland. A grassroots organization begun in 2012, ShoutOut has worked the last ten years towards its […]

President Biden, in recognition of Pride month during a reception with LGBTQ leaders and advocates at the White House, signed a wide-ranging executive order advancing his administration’s goals for LGBTQ policy, which includes new prohibitions on widely discredited conversion therapy and resources for parents and children in states enacting laws against transgender youth.

2. Star WARS is literally in our nameThe franchise’s defense of LGBTQ characters comes as the brand was celebrating Pride month by releasing special covers of its comics during “a time dedicated to uplifting, honoring, and supporting the LGBTQIA+ community’s impact in the world.”The variant covers were “created by LGBTQIA+ artists and showcases LGBTQIA+ characters of the galaxy, featuring trade dress with a rainbow burst and a classic logo with a rainbow trail.” Celebrate #PrideMonth with Jan Bazaldua’s incredible cover for Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #24, out today! More info here: https://t.co/TgLG4au6Bhpic.twitter.com/G82ZFiOYndThe pushback on anti-LGBTQ rhetoric also follows Chris Evans’ defense of ’s inclusion of a gay kiss between two married female characters, which has resulted in the animated film being banned in certain countries. “Every time there’s been social advancement as we wake up, the American story, the human story is one of constant social awakening and growth and that’s what makes us good,” Evans told .

If you've ever posted your relationship status on Facebook, and you're happily involved with that one great person you want to spend your life with, you may not have noticed an aspect of the social networking site's relationship status offerings: they're all geared toward dyadic relationships or, rather, relationships involving just two people. If you have noticed, and you're one of the 5% or so of people involved in romantic relationships with more than one other person, you may very well have just rolled your eyes and checked the "open relationship" or "it's complicated" box and called it a day.One group is attempting to change that because, as it said in a letter released June 16 to Tom Alison, Meta's head of the Facebook app, "this restriction perpetuates the erasure and marginalization of non-monogamous relationships; at worst, it harms non-monogamous users by perpetuating social stigmas around the validity and authenticity of their relationships." (Meta Platforms Inc.

Tom Hanks has looked back on his 1993 role as a gay man in Philadelphia and said that ‘rightly so’ he could not – as a straight man – play that part today.In the legal drama, which scored him his first of two back-to-back Best Actor Oscars wins, the Forrest Gump star portrayed gay lawyer Andrew Beckett.Beckett initially conceals his sexuality and HIV-positive status from colleagues before suing his employers for firing him.The film, which co-starred Denzel Washington, was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to address HIV/AIDS and homophobia.‘Let’s address ‘could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now?’ No, and rightly so,’ the 65-year-old stated in a new interview.‘The whole point of Philadelphia was don’t be afraid.

Father’s Day brings with it a crush of ads reminding us to treat one of the most important men in our lives to something special.Commercials for cheese hampers and beer-of-the-month subscriptions skyrocket thanks to the assumption that everyone must, surely, have a dad worthy of such delights.But what if you don’t? Counselling Directory member Debbie Fletcher tells us: ‘We all have our own unique relationship with our fathers, based on a shared or sometimes an unshared history, so Father’s Day is not always a joy-filled occasion. ‘For some of us, it can bring up difficult and painful emotions, which are hard to ignore when everywhere you look you see the “perfect” father and child relationship.’First, let’s break down some of those feelings before we get to tips on how to cope with them.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect LGBTQ+ people from laws targeting them in conservative states.

President Zelenskyy is keen to emphasise the liberality of Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, many LGBTQ+ Ukrainians are concerned about the potential impacts the invasion will have on their burgeoning civil rights.“Of course, this worries us,” says Yura Dvizhon, creative director of UKRAINEPRIDE, a queer patriotic movement which nurtures Ukrainian cultural identity at home and abroad.“Russia comes to our land and wants to take it away, establish its own rules and take away the freedom that exists in Ukraine.“People in Kherson, Mariupol or hundreds of other places occupied by Russia suffer.“Of course, there are LGBTQ+ people in these cities and they need a lot of help, because being different in Russia is one of the worst and hardest things that a person can handle.”A post shared by YURA DVIZHON (@dvizhon)Dvizhon is one of a number of participants who are partaking in ‘LGBTQ+Me. Embracing Our Differences,’ a collaborative project between UKRAINEPRIDE and BetterMe, a global behavioural-health care company which is headquartered in Kyiv.Research shows that depression, discrimination by family members, trouble sleeping, and feelings of hopelessness are all higher in the queer community.

President Joe Biden issued an executive order Wednesday to counter what he called discriminatory legislative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community by Republican-controlled states.