LGBTQ books in Michigan schools forms 'unexpected alliance' of Arab Americans, GOP

The Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department has pushed back against claims that transgender YouTube star Nikita Dragun was housed in a men’s unit after being arrested at a Miami Beach, Fla., hotel.Authorities arrested Dragun, a beauty influencer with millions of social media followers, on Monday at the Goodtime Hotel for allegedly assaulting a police officer. She was placed in a men’s prison unit afterward, according to her publicist."The situation with Nikita, who is legally female, being placed in a men’s unit of a Florida jail is extremely disturbing and dangerous,” her publicist, Jack Ketsoyan of Full Scope Public Relations, said in a statement.

A new study by Andrés Finzi, professor at the Université de Montréal (UdeM) and researcher at the CHUM Research Center, examines the efficacy of non-neutralizing antibodies against the AIDS virus.Science Daily reported that the study, initially published in Cell Reports, shows that humanized mice needed the viral protein Vpu to allow infected cells to eliminate the antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). The non-neutralizing antibodies use this mechanism to get rid of the cells infected by the virus.Even though millions of people living with HIV have non-neutralizing antibodies, the lack of vaccine against the virus sparked the idea for the study.

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SHE provided drama on TOWIE for years - and has become a firm telly favourite since. But fans may have seen a different side to Ferne McCann after an anonymous Instagram account started leaking vile voice notes alleging to be her.

Taylor Swift is giving her fans even more chances to see her live during her upcoming Eras tour. The 32-year-old singer-songwriter has added 17 shows to her already jam-packed schedule for next spring and summer. Swift is starting the tour a day earlier than originally planned on March 17 in Arizona and ending it four days later than planned on August 9 in Los Angeles.  Adding more shows: Taylor Swift is giving her fans even more chances to see her live during her upcoming Eras tour (pictured Aug. 2022)The additional shows include five straight nights at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium.

(CNN) -- Dave Chappelle's representative is pushing back on a report that claimed "Saturday Night Live" writers were staging a boycott ahead of his hosting the show this weekend.On Wednesday, The New York Post, citing an anonymous source, reported writers on the show were going to sit out on the episode."We've seen nothing to support media reports of a writer's boycott," Chappelle's rep told CNN in a statement. "In fact, the writers delivered over 40 sketches for Dave's consideration and collaboration.

(CNN) – The US National Park Service offers free entry a handful of times each year to all of its more than 400 sites. We’re at the last one for 2022.No fees will be charged to enter any site – including the marquee names – on Friday, November 11.The NPS chose Veterans Day for the last free-entry day to honor the people who have served in the military.If you wish to commemorate veterans or learn more about US history in general while saving some money, you have plenty of sites from which to choose, including:• Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland• Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia and Tennessee• Fort Davis National Historic Site in Texas• Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Maryland• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Oregon and Washington• Golden Spike National Historic Park in Utah• Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial in Ohio• Vicksburg National Military Park in MississippiClick here for a full listing of every NPS site, which it calls “units.”Most NPS sites are free all year anyway.

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Male pilots and cabin crew at British Airways will finally be allowed to wear makeup and piercings for the first time.

(CTV Network) -- Stranded in a foreign country for two months, Ekaterina Usmanova admits she’s “cried all the tears [she] could cry out.”In August, the permanent Canadian resident returned to Russia for the first time in nearly three years to visit her family. Like so many who were unable to visit one another while on opposite sides of the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic had forced them apartOn her return trip to Toronto, the 26-year-old had a layover in Istanbul, Turkey.

Terry D. Loftis, left, and Regina Lyn Pierce served as cochairs for Black Tie Dinner in 2022. Moving into 2023, Pierce moves up to the senior cochair position, and Dustin Vyres joins her as junior cochair. (Photo courtesy of Black Tie Dinner)

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A Gathering 2022 will honor the battle against HIV/AIDS and celebrate our progress. (Courtesy photo)

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(CNN) – Explorers trudged the Atlantic Ocean searching for World War II artifacts lost at sea, but they stumbled on something else – a 20-foot-long piece of debris from the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was destroyed shortly after takeoff in 1986.The History Channel and NASA revealed Thursday that the Challenger segment was discovered off Florida's east coast during the filming of a new series called The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters. The series is set to premiere this month on the History Channel.The Challenger broke apart after its launch on January 28, 1986, killing all seven crew members aboard, including a teacher who was set to become the first civilian in space.

Meet Miuna, pretty little black domestic shorthair mix who is just over a year old and weighs just over 7 pounds. This dainty little lady with her big yellow eyes is a sweet little girl, but she is also very timid, so it may take a short time for her to warm up to new people. She would be happiest if she went to a home with another confident and friendly cat already on the grounds. Even then, she’ll need a small period of alone time to acclimate to the new environment. Playful small children would be very frightening for Miuna, so she would prefer to go to a home with teens and adults only. She is at the Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center, so no appointment is necessary to meet her.

Gordon Peterson, 71, passed away Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Born in the Chicago area, he was instrumental in developing Local Area Networks while working for Datapoint Corporation in San Antonio in the 1970s and was very politically active in Dallas county and Texas in recent years.

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Linda Cardellini has responded to the recent news that her Scooby Doo character, Velma Dinkley, has come out as a lesbian.

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German footballer Leon Goretzka has condemned Qatar World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman for his recent anti-LGBTQ+ comments. 

Everybody knows that the Yellow Rose of Texas is the sweetest, prettiest little rosebud around. But did you know there is actually more than one Yellow Rose? There’s Mr. Yellow Rose, Miss Yellow Rose, Ms. Yellow Rose and even MsTer Yellow Rose. And you can see each and every one of them in all their glory when the new titleholders are crowned as TGRA Dallas presents the Yellow Rose pageant Saturday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m. at The Round-Up Saloon, 3912 Cedar Springs Road.

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American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy has hinted at a possible Glee reboot in a new interview. 

Doja Cat changed her Twitter name to 'fart' after going straight to the company's new boss Elon Musk for help in changing her moniker on the social networking site. 'I don't wanna be christmas forever @elonmusk please help i've made a mistake,' the Grammy-winning pop star, who has frequently changed her name in the past, wrote to Elon on Wednesday.A half a day later and it appears the high-profile billionaire has lived up to his promise, writing her back late Thursday morning: '@DojaCat You should be able to change your name now.' Twitter lobby: Doja Cat, 27, used profanity to get the attention of Elon Musk so she could get help changing her screen name from Christmas, and 12 hours later the new Twitter boss hits her back that the problem was fixed New name: The Say So singer has since changed her Twitter name to 'fart' In the end, it took Musk about 12 hours to get back to her and tell her the problem with her name had been fixed.The songstress' new Twitter username is now 'fart.'  Doja's (born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini) problems all started when she changed her name to Christmas before Twitter enacted a new policy, leaving her to settle with the seasonable handle. In fact, the performer's dilemma commenced not long after Musk, who purchased Twitter last month, announced that a change in a user's online name would result in the temporary loss of a checkmark. Not wanting to have to continue on as Christmas for the foreseeable future, Doja begged for someone to help her.

Attention Upper East Siders! HBO Max has finally released the first juicy trailer for Gossip Girl season two.

Vermont has elected a gay man, Michael Pieciak, as state treasurer.Pieciak, a Democrat, bested Republican H. Brooke Paige in the race to replace Beth Pearce, also a Dem, who did not seek reelection.Pieciak will be the first member of the LGBTQ+ community to hold the office. He has held an appointed position as Vermont’s top financial regulator since 2016, and he helped lead the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The queens were dealt with a shocking elimination twist on the latest episode of Drag Race UK season four.

Lambda Legal filed a legal challenge Thursday to the U.S. military policy that bars people living with HIV from enlisting in the U.S. Armed Forces.In a news release, the LGBTQ+ rights group said that the policy is discriminatory.“The existing policy is out of step with science and unlawfully excludes people living with HIV from performing as members of the U.S.

Director Joseph Sackett’s body-transfer comedy Homebody screens at Los Angeles’s Laemmle Theaters on November 11, followed by a digital Fandor release on December 6.Premiering at Outfest, where it won the Emerging Talent Award, Homebody went on to screen at NewFest, where Colby Minifie was awarded “Best Performance.”Minifie (The Boys) stars in this genderqueer fantasy, expanded from Joseph Sackett’s 2018 short I Was in Your Blood. In it, young Johnny discovers a YouTube video that teaches him how to send his spirit into the body of Melanie, his beloved babysitter.

Zimbabwe has hit and surpassed a global target for HIV testing and treatment.The country’s Ministry of Health and Child Care confirmed that 95 percent of the HIV-positive population in Zimbabwe has reached undetectable levels of the virus, reports New Ziana. That means these individuals cannot transmit the virus to others.This comes in line with UNAIDS’ 95-95-95 goal, which aims to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.

The expected red wave may have only hit certain parts of the U.S., but a rainbow wave seems to have swept across the country.At least 340 LGBTQ+ candidates won their elections in the 2022 midterms, according to the LGBTQ Victory Institute, an organization that supports queer candidates. The previous record in 2020 saw 336 out candidates win.The organization estimates that around 1,065 LGBTQ+ people ran for office in this election, which is a historical number.

After losing his own congressional seat and helping stop a "red wave," Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney spoke about the historic midterm elections of 2022.Maloney served as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and was tasked by Speaker Nancy Pelosi with keeping the House of Representatives in Democratic hands.

From left: Steve Padilla, Rick Chavez Zbur, and Corey JacksonCalifornia is on track to be the first state in the nation with 10 percent LGBTQ+ representation in its legislature.Depending on the outcome of the state’s election races, some of which are yet to be decided, California will have 12 to 14 out state legislators, including four to six new ones, according to Equality California.Assembly candidate Corey Jackson, in the 60th District, and Senate candidate Steve Padilla, in the 18th District, have won their races, and former Equality California Executive Director Rick Chavez Zbur is on track to win his bid for Assembly in the 51st District. Senate District 20 candidates Caroline Menjivar and Daniel Hertzberg are both members of the LGBTQ+ community, so the Legislative LGBTQ Caucus will gain a member regardless of the outcome in that race.

The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser, is the latest film from director Darren Aronofsky, and A24 has released the official trailer. Fraser plays Charlie, a teacher weighed down figuratively and literally with 600 pounds of guilt.After leaving his family to be in a relationship with his now-deceased gay partner, Fraser’s character attempts to rebuild a relationship with his teenage daughter, played by Sadie Sink from Stranger Things. The story follows Charlie’s struggle with compulsive eating brought on by a grief-triggered deep depression.Hollywood artists constructed a bodysuit for the film that combined latex and physical attributes with digitally created and 3D-printed prosthetics.Fraser’s remarkable transformation and raw emotion throughout the film have earned the actor some Oscar buzz.The film debuted in September at the Venice Film Festival. Audiences reportedly gave the film a six-minute standing ovation, according to CNN.“Do you ever get the feeling people are incapable of not caring?” Fraser asks hauntingly in the trailer as he’s shown with an oxygen nasal cannula and beads of sweat dripping down his face. “People are amazing,” he says as the one-minute-long trailer concludes.In it, viewers only see Fraser briefly twice, but in those two brief moments, he conveys his character’s struggles.The trailer offers a brief glimpse of Sink’s distressed portrayal of Charlie’s 17-year-old daughter.

Nope star Keke Palmer has shed some light on her sexuality and where she falls in the LGBTQ+ spectrum.

From left: Ashley Carrick, Jennie Armstrong, and Andrew GrayAlaska has elected its first out state legislators.Jennie Armstrong, a pansexual woman; and Andrew Gray, a gay man; and Ashley Carrick, a bisexual woman, have won their races for the Alaska House of Representatives. All are Democrats, Armstrong and Gray from Anchorage, Carrick from Fairbanks.Armstrong prevailed over Republican Liz Vazquez in House District 16, while Gray bested two Republicans and a Libertarian in District 20, and Carrick beat two Republicans and a Constitution Party member in District 35.

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Nevada is poised to become the first state to broadly amend its constitution to include protections for historically marginalized people.The measure, Question 1, was supported by 57.5 percent of Nevada voters, while 42.5 percent opposed it at the time of publication, with 83 percent of the vote counted.A wide-ranging amendment to the Nevada state constitution that would include antidiscrimination protections covering gender identity and sexual orientation was on the ballot on Tuesday. Voters could adopt or reject the most comprehensive state version of the Equal Rights Amendment.In Nevada’s ERA, equal rights would be guaranteed for all, regardless of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or ancestry. Executive Director of Equality Nevada Chris Davin tells The Advocate that he’s pleased with the trajectory of the vote as final numbers start to come together.

NEW YORK/LONDON: With major cryptocurrency exchange FTX on the brink of collapse, some investors are beginning to question the viability of a sector already bruised by the bitcoin bubble bursting and closures of key market players.

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pic.twitter.com/BxbI7QePy6"We don't see the educational merit in these books," some parents reportedly said, according to Firstpost, a news site based in India.The disputed books are in media centers across Dearborn Public Schools, Michigan's third-largest district, and they include This Book Is Gay, a nonfiction bestseller on sexuality and gender. Census data shows that about 47 percent of Dearborn's population consists of Arab Americans, many of whom are Muslim, according to Firstpost.At the school board's resumed meeting on Thursday, the room was packed with mostly Muslim parents, some holding signs calling for the books to be banned.