LGBTQ+ groups banned again from Staten Island St. Patrick's Day Parade

This weekend, a Virginia business came under fire after one of the owners posted an anti-LGBTQ+ message to social media. On Saturday morning, Cherie's Antique Emporium posted an update to its Facebook page that began as an update on the business, but devolved into anti-trans bigotry. The store, owned by Mindel and Cherie Hall and located in Mechanicsville, near Richmond, has a history of posting controversial messages on its page, but none has gained as much attention as Saturday's post."Good morning," the post started.

Phil Collins has taken the stage with Genesis for the last time. On Saturday, the 71-year-old drummer and singer performed with his rock band at London's O2 Arena, the last stop on the group's , which came after a 14-year hiatus.Phil, who performed the show while sitting down due to ongoing health issues, was onstage with Genesis bandmates Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks throughout the show. The musician's son, 20-year-old Nic Collins, played drums in his dad's place.«Tonight is a very special night.

Texas superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde clapped back against Attorney General Ken Paxton over an LGBTQ+ inclusive school event. 

Genesis won’t turn it on again, staging what was billed as its final concert Saturday night at London’s 02 arena.

ongoing health issues. Collins was joined by Genesis bandmates Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks for their last show ever at London’s 02 Saturday evening. Collins, 71, performed the show sitting down and quipped to the crowd he will now need to find a real job, the Daily Mail reported. The band reunited for The Last Domino? Tour this year after postponing due to the coronavirus. The tour came after a 14-year live performance hiatus. Collins has suffered from numerous health issues in recent years, including dislocating vertebrae in his neck in 2007 that left nerve damage to his hands.

Proud of her family! Lily Collins gushed over dad Phil Collins after he played his final concert with band Genesis and Lily’s little brother, Nic Collins.

Phil Collins has bid farewell to fans after what’s said to be his final performance with Genesis, closing the book on a rock journey that began in the late 1960s and extended through the next six decades.

Phil Collins has enjoyed an on-off career with Genesis for 50 years, ever since replacing John Mayhew in 1970.

the five gayest songs about a chick named Maria, then catch up on the latest from Gay TikTok:Carter Kale‘s straight roommates talked bussy.Dr. Markelle Smith greeted a patient.Bianca Del Rio said “no” to Drag Race.Nicole Scherzinger danced with The Old Gays.Rudy Jean uncovered the real Mona Lisa.Jorgeous lost her luggage.Chad Jaxon Perez passed the test.Cara Cunningham took another step forward.♬ original sound – Cara CunninghamWill Tapp ate ass with his hands.And Big Forge‘s bestie went to the suburbs.

Ah, the ’80s. It was a decade of great music, wild fashion, terrible politics, and some of the worst movies starring gay pop icons ever made. Just about every major singer of the era appeared in at least one bad major motion picture, usually a comedy.

Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.The 1990s heralded Jodie Foster as one of the greatest actresses of her generation. With two Academy Awards and a sloo of movie hits, few actresses could boast her track record as box office gold, or her depth of dramatics.For Ms. Foster at her best, and perhaps, her most underappreciated as well, please refer to director Robert Zemekis‘ 1997 sci-fi epic, Contact.

How do you know if you’re in falling love? Most people will say “you’ll just know”. But that answer just doesn’t cut it for some people.

Basic Instinct celebrating its 30 year anniversary, and with star Sharon Stone also celebrating her birthday earlier this month, we here at Queerty would like to take a moment to meditate on the genre both Basic and Stone helped ignite: the ’90s erotic thriller.Of course, the movies had already given us dozens of erotic thrillers long before the 1990s. Basic Instinct,however, upped the game on graphic sexuality, violence, and infused the genre with something new to titillate audiences: queerness.But wait, you ask: how is it that the queers inspired a genre all about dangerous women seducing hostile men in the most hetero way possible?Related: 9 genuine reactions I had while watching ‘Basic Instinct’ for the first time everUnderstand this: in the 1980s and ’90s, sex had taken on newfound danger due to the AIDS crisis.

So most people know that NFT stands for nonfungible token. But what does it actually mean? Let’s start with the words themselves.

A post shared by Heterosexuality Is Ghetto (@ghetterosexuals)With the new season of Netflix’s Love is Blind hitting, we’re once again confronted with a question that has been floating around the internet for some time now: “Are the straights OK?” That phrase has served as a kind of shorthand for every question we’ve had about the oftentimes fascinating, sometimes cringe-worthy, and maybe even unsettling memes, tweets, and TikTok videos to have ever come out of Straight World™. It’s also the name of a hugely popular subreddit that serves as a repository for some of the most puzzling content out there, as well as queer-made memes that distill all our concerns about what in the world straight people are even getting at. At first glance, the “Are the straights OK?” memes might seem hyperbolic – mean-spirited, even. But look deeper and you might find that these outlandish behaviors might even suggest that, perhaps, a good number of cisgender heterosexual people still carry questionable and sometimes downright harmful perceptions about gender, sexuality, and relationships. Let’s take a deep dive into the rabbit hole of the “Are the straights OK” meme to figure out whether the straights are actually okay – and whether we might not be asking this question enough. RELATED: Texas officials investigate family for “child abuse” just because they have a trans daughterIt doesn’t take a very long time on the subreddit to realize that a lot of cis-hetero memes have an underlying theme of toxic masculinity.

Marjorie Taylor Greene "a freak" after the GOP congresswoman bizarrely told Transportation Secretary Peter Buttigieg and his husband to "stay out of our girls' bathrooms."Greene took aim at Buttigieg during a rally in Commerce, Georgia, headlined by former president Donald Trump on Saturday."You know what? Pete Buttigieg can take his electric vehicles and his bicycle, and he and his husband can stay out of our girls' bathrooms," she said, eliciting cheers.It's not clear what exactly Greene meant by the comment, but she has a history of spouting extreme and hateful rhetoric and embracing conspiracy theories, which has seen her stripped of committee assignments and her personal Twitter account permanently banned.Just keep in mind Trump supporters and GOP leadership have more of a problem with @Liz_Cheney than this freak. https://t.co/LBarl9bpiKDuring her speech on Saturday, she also spoke about transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, saying "he" needs to go back to the men's team "because we're going to kick the biological men out of the women's sports."McCain, a former panelist on The View and the daughter of the late John McCain, shared a clip from Greene's speech on Twitter, adding: "Just keep in mind Trump supporters and GOP leadership have more of a problem with @Liz_Cheney than this freak."Last year, the Wyoming GOP voted to no longer recognize Cheney as a member of the Republican Party due to her criticism of former president Donald Trump, and vote to impeach him for his role in inciting the January 6 riot at the U.S.

Pop-punk music icon Avril Lavigne said she would want Kristen Stewart to play her in a biopic of her life.

Elton John is looking back at being shamed for being gay.

Todrick Hall opened up about his polarising stint on Celebrity Big Brother in a new interview.

Netflix has renewed its upcoming series The Ultimatum for an LGBTQ+ inclusive second season.

Elton John and husband David Furnish are proud parents of two sons, Zachary and Elijah, both born via surrogate.

At a speech in Georgia, sitting Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

In a major blow to LGBTQ+ rights, Utah has passed its anti-trans sports ban despite a previous veto from Governor Spencer Cox.

The queens headed to gay Paris on the latest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14.

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Father Ted have been axed after clashes between one of its creators and trans activists.Writer Graham Linehan faced backlash recently for a series of tweets dubbed transphobic, resulting in him being banned permanently from Twitter in 2020.In 2018, he was also issued with a verbal harassment warning by police after an online row with a transgender activist.Linehan, 53, who was also wrote Black Books and The IT Crowd, said: “My bet was that the Ted musical was too big to fail.“I thought, ‘If they come after it, then that will be good because then people will see how crazy this is, how absurd and how censorious, how anti-female, how homophobic that this movement is.’"Linehan continued to say that producers had “rolled over” to campaigners’ demands and axed the production, despite it having already begun rehearsals.He added: "Every comedian at the moment is living under a kind of state of permanent blackmail.""I’ve been thoroughly cancelled. I’ll tell you how cancelled I am, there were two programmes called Cancelled and I wasn’t on either of them."Father Ted star Joe Rooney was forced to deny that footballer Jack Grealish was his son recently.

Elton John and husband David Furnish are parents of two sons, Zachary and Elijah, both born via surrogate.

Robert Foster, a Republican former Mississippi state representative and failed gubernatorial candidate Friday night launched an unhinged assault on transgender allies, calling for their death by firing squad. After online outrage, he doubled down Saturday morning.

Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.We hate to begin Screen Gems with a reference to an internet meme, but here, it feels appropriate. Many of our dear readers will, no doubt, know the notorious “Hitler Rant” videos that have circulated on the web for years.  Amusing or not, they have a decidedly less-than-hilarious origin.Downfall divided critics upon release in 2004. The film, based in part on the memoir of Traudl Junge, Adolph Hitler‘s secretary, portrays the events of the final days of the Battle of Berlin.

J. Lo served drag queen at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, a same-sex couple adopted that “gay” abandoned dog, and Zac Efron showed off his still-beautiful body.

A post shared by John DiLeo (@john.dileo.12) Any book about Hollywood is automatically filled with the work of LGBTQ artists both on-screen and behind the camera. In my new book, There Are No Small Parts: 100 Outstanding Film Performances with Screen Time of 10 Minutes or Less—which covers 1935 to the present—you’ll find classics with gay-coded characters, such as Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Rebecca (1940), Laura (1944), All About Eve (1950), and Strangers on a Train (1951).

Kristen Stewart may become the second openly LGBTQ person ever to win Best Actress at the 94th Academy Awards this weekend. (Jodi Foster is currently the only Best Actress winner to publicly come out as LGBTQ during her lifetime.) The 31-year-old bisexual has earned widespread critical acclaim for her portrayal of Princess Diana in the film Spencer.Related: Everyone is sobbing over that devastating new Diana doc that just premiered at SundanceMany talented–and a few, ahem, not-so-talented–performers have played Lady Di over the years.

West Side Story is up for an impressive seven nominations, including Best Picture. The movie, based on the musical by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, centers around a pair of star-crossed lovers and includes one of the most beloved songs in musical theater history, “Maria.” Of course, there have been countless other tunes that share the same title.

GEMMA Collins is having the time of her life as she soaks up the sun with other half Rami Hawesh and step-son Tristan. The 41-year-old TV personality - who found fame on The Only Way is Essex - has jetted off to Tenerife for a much-needed break.

Twitter is a cultural phenomenon. It’s attracted everyone from teens to megastars, making it a melting pot of quick thoughts, hilarious jokes, and extremely timely (yet informative) memes.

Piers Morgan has said he's put aside his feud with Harry Potter author JK Rowling to defend her amid the ongoing transgender row she's embroiled in.The TV personality, 56, branded the treatment of the author "an absolute disgrace" amid the backlash she is facing for airing her views on the on sex and gender publicly.Piers addressed the topic of the US transgender swimmer, Lia Thomas, who is set to become a "world-beating superstar" after having joined the women's team.He wrote that the swimmer previously competed unsuccessfully on the University of Pennsylvania men's team.Piers branded the move "grotesquely unfair" in a new column but added that anyone who criticises the move is immediately branded "transphobic".The star wrote that he "unequivocally" the rights of trans people to equality and fairness but added that Thomas had a "massive biological advantage" over her competitors.Piers went on to write that defenders of women's rights are frequently subjected to "the intolerant cancel culture mob", claiming that they try to "destroy careers and lives" for the cause.The former Life Stories host looked to the case of Rowling as an example who has received death threats over the matter on Twitter.Yesterday, the best-selling author hit back at Russian president Vladimir Putin, who compared the cancellation of the Harry Potter author to the sanctions placed upon Russia for invading Ukraine.In a speech, Putin said: "They cancelled Joanne Rowling recently, the children’s author, her books are published all over the world - just because she didn’t satisfy the demands of gender rights."They are now trying to cancel our country.

Duke of Cambridge has said the royal family supports "with pride and respect" any decisions taken by the Queen’s overseas realms over their future.GALLERY: Best photos from William and Kate's first full day in the Bahamas - sailing, school visit and meeting frontline workersAt a reception to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, hosted by Bahamas Governor General Cornelius Alvin Smith, Prince William told guests: "Next year, I know you are all looking forward to celebrating fifty years of independence – your Golden Anniversary."WATCH: Prince William says royal family 'supports with pride and respect' any future decision"And with Jamaica celebrating 60 years of independence this year, and Belize celebrating 40 years of independence last year, I want to say this: We support with pride and respect your decisions about your future," he continued."Relationships evolve. Friendship endures."READ: The Queen scaling back duties as she looks set to miss more public eventsThe Duke spoke on the penultimate night of his visit with the Duchess of Cambridge to the three Caribbean nations, suggesting he has taken on board calls for each of the countries to break away from the British monarchy in future.He and Kate, who dazzled in a floor-length aquamarine gown by Philippa Lepley, were guests of honour at the event in the Baha Mar hotel.

As of Tuesday, March 22, Amazon is no longer a sponsor of the Seattle Pride parade. Seattle Pride rejected Amazon sponsorship citing the company’s donations to anti-LGBTQ causes and politicians as well as the company’s attempt to brand the parade. In exchange for a donation of $100,000, Amazon requested, among other things, naming rights for the festival. It wanted the parade to be called “Seattle Pride Parade Presented by Amazon.”Among the other requests: allowing Amazon Business executives to give speeches at the parade as well as prime billing for the corporate logo. “Pride isn’t for sale at any time of the year, but especially the month of June when our community comes together to celebrate,” said Krystal Marx, Seattle Pride’s executive director, to NBC News.We have decided to not partner w/ Amazon for the 2022 Seattle Pride Parade due to various anti-LGBTQIA+ decisions they have made, including the funding of politicians who oppose the Equality Act.

San Francisco's current three LGBTQ cultural districts could end up into three distinct new supervisorial districts under the map advanced Friday by the city's citizen redistricting panel. But talks will continue in the coming weeks before a final map is approved.Under the proposed map the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force voted 5-4 in favor for at its March 25 meeting, dubbed Map 3B, the Tenderloin and Western South of Market would no longer be together in District 6.

director Kirill Serebrennikov, currently banned from leaving his country, has been chosen to open one of Europe’s leading theatre festivals in Avignon.“We don’t know for now whether he will be present in Avignon. We strongly hope so, of course,” festival director Olivier Py told AFP.He said the programming of Serebrennikov’s new play “The Black Monk” at the Avignon Festival (July 7-26) was set two years ago, “long before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”Serebrennikov, 52, was convicted in 2020 of embezzling funds at Moscow’s Gogol Centre theater, where he was artistic director.

EDITH Bowman has addressed rumours she and Cat Deeley were previously in a romantic relationship. The 48-year-old and Cat, 45, have been pals for decades after hosting a series of shows together in the 90s.

Distinctive Assets has been the company in charge of creating the carefully curated (and increasingly extravagant) gift bags for Academy Award nominees. And this year’s Oscar swag bags, with an estimated value at over six figures, may just be the most luxurious and outrageous yet.  This year nominees in the Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress (yes, they’re still gendering categories), and Best Director categories received the “Everyone Wins”-themed gift bags earlier this week.

With the appointment March 25 of Andi Mudryk to the Sacramento County Superior Court, California will now have two transgender judges serving on the state bench. Mudryk is the first trans person to be appointed to a judicial vacancy in the Golden State.Alameda County Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski in 2010 became the country's first elected transgender trial court judge.

So most people know that NFT stands for nonfungible token. But what does it actually mean? Let’s start with the words themselves.

veto of a bill barring transgender girls from participating in female-designated sports.The House of Representatives voted 56-18 to override the veto, with the Senate voting 21-8 soon afterward. Four Republican lawmakers had needed to switch their initial votes to support the override.

Somebody Somewhere. And last week he emerged again as a costar in Amy Schumer’s new Hulu sitcom Life & Beth.When I caught up with Hill recently, I congratulated him on his success and asked him how life was treating him now. “Thank you so much, but I think I’m the longest overnight success story in Hollywood history,” he shot back.

Staten Island Saint Patrick’s Day Parade organisers have yet again said no to including LGBTQ+ groups to take part in their much anticipated event which is scheduled to take place on March 6. The decision was made on Sunday February 20, when LGBTQ+ groups  Pride Center of Staten Island, The Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) […]