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Aaron Carter has died at the age of 34. The singer, rapper, and television personality was found dead at his home in Lancaster, Calif., according to TMZ. The outlet was the first to report the news.Carter’s body was found in his bathtub, TMZ reports.

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FILE – CNBC is canceling Shepard Smith’s nightly newscast after two years. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Earlier this week, Dan showed his great relationship with Carol as he voiced his concern after watching one of her forecasts.The Channel 5 News presenter took to Twitter to urge Carol to “take care” as the star braved some harsh weather conditions.On Tuesday, Carol shared some wind gust numbers with her 236,000 followers.The Scottish weather presenter included a chart that showed wind gusts ranging between 40 all the way up to 79 miles per hour in locations like The Needles and Guernsey.“Some of the gusts of wind recorded in the last hour @BBCBreakfast xxx,” Carol captioned the post helpfully.Dan, who used to host BBC Breakfast from 2016 until April this year, urged Carol to proceed with caution.“You take care out there Carol,” the star commented concernedly.Back in May, Dan left his co-host, Sally Nugent, rather emotional when he confirmed his leaving date after six years of presenting from the red sofa.Sally warned viewers, “brace yourself” as Dan got ready to share his announcement.He began: “You know you keep asking me when I’m going? Well, I can tell you now, officially.”The pair laughed as Dan looked at his watch and joked: “I’m leaving in five minutes.

Queen’s previously unreleased track “Face It Alone,” then catch up on the latest from Gay TikTok:Eric Sedeño found his Uber.♬ original sound – ThickyRickyAustin Tibbatts took a bath outside.A vintage Kathy Najimy clip resurfaced.The boy who channeled Barbra Streisand got a note from Babs herself.BYU boys gave a serve.Alex Wolf kept the mall bathroom busy.Maluma danced to his new song.Guncle Mikey took his niece for a ride.Paris Hilton came face-to-face with her robber.And Tom Hanson clapped back at a homophobic heckler.

Jamie Lee Curtis looked sensational as she attended the Halloween Ends premiere in Los Angeles with her two daughters Annie and Ruby earlier this week. 63 year old Jamie, who struck up an unlikely friendship with Eurovision’s Sam Ryder, stepped out with her daughters to promote her new thriller movie in what was Ruby’s first red carpet appearance since publicly coming out as transgender in 2021. For the occasion, Freaky Friday star Jamie embraced the Halloween theme as she opted for a dazzling sequined red bardot gown.To finish off the outfit, the actress wore a pair of statement diamond earrings and wore a stunning pink-toned smokey eye look.

Glee star Chris Colfer has revealed if he’ll see Lea Michele in the Funny Girl revival.

Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis has opened up about being fearful for her trans daughter Ruby in a new interview. 

Far-right conspiracy monger Alex Jones has been ordered to pay a total of nearly $1 billion to families of several victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.The award came Wednesday in one of three defamation suits filed by Sandy Hook families after Jones claimed the mass shooting was a hoax. He later acknowledged that the massacre was real, but that was after the suits were filed and the families had endured threats and harassment.

NBC News correspondent Steven Romo and Fox Weather meteorologist Stephen Morgan have tied the knot, and the celebration has left them exhausted and excited.A fabulous wedding ceremony took place Saturday at the Filter Building on White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas, between Romo, 37, and Morgan, 33.When The Advocate spoke with Romo and Morgan on Wednesday, the couple said they were back in New York and were "trying to come back down to Earth."The two who already share a first name, albeit spelled differently, kept their last names so as not to add to further confusion, Romo says. "People were asking us 'What do you guys want to be called?' at the wedding," Morgan says.

The casting of alleged devil-diva Lea Michele in her Funny Girl dream role was met with highly polarized reactions. Some couldn’t wait to see the actress in the role they felt she was born for, while others were outraged to see her rumored abusive backstage behavior be rewarded so handsomely.This range of reactions extends to her former Glee castmates, as well.

Gemma Collins put on a jaw-dropping display as she showcased her killer curves in a plunging swimsuit.The former TOWIE star, 41, has been enjoying a holiday and took to her Instagram on Tuesday (October 11) to share a body confident message with her 2.2 million followers.Standing in a swimming pool, the reality star paraded her killer curves in the halterneck one piece which boasted an animal print pattern and a daring cut-out section across her chest.READ MORE: Gemma Collins showcases weight loss and pours killer curves in hot pink swimsuitThe blonde bombshell scraped her hair up into two braids weaved into a bun and donned a pair of large black sunglasses as she assured her followers: "You are beautiful."The I'm A Celebrity star explained that she's returned after a brief social media break and teased that she has plenty of upcoming projects in the pipeline.The TV personality started the video by saying: "Good morning everyone, this is the GC.

JK Rowling has made a bold statement slamming First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after a gender recognition legislation was passed by the Scottish Government. The Harry Potter author, who has been outspoken about the trans community in recent years, reacted to the news that the majority of MSPs on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommended the general principles of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill should be approved. The legislation has proved to be controversial as it allows an easier process for transgender people to be legally recognised as their preferred gender. On Thursday, Rowling shared a photo of herself wearing a black T-shirt with the words ‘Nicola Sturgeon destroyer of women’s rights’ on the front. In the Twitter caption, the writer said: ‘I stand in solidarity with @forwomenscot and all women protesting and speaking outside the Scottish Parliament. #NoToSelfID.’ Journalists are said to have approached a Scottish Government spokesperson for comment about the T-shirt, but they said they hadn’t seen it. Rowling, 57, has been at the centre of controversies recently after angering many people in the LGBTQ+ community specifically.In 2020, the author was accused of being ‘anti-trans’ when she tweeted: ‘“People who menstruate”.

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that employers in the state can ignore portions of the Biden administration’s guidance on equal treatment of LGBTQ+ workers, particularly as it regards transgender ones.U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was appointed by Donald Trump, ruled this week that guidance on implementing the Bostock v. Clayton County ruling from the U.S.

In a massive blow to LGBTQ+ rights, a prominent Oklahoma-based hospital has ended its gender-affirming care for trans youth due to an archaic new law.

Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker who took a religious refusals case involving a gay couple to the U.S. Supreme Court, is appealing a discrimination ruling on his refusal to make a cake celebrating a transgender woman’s transition.Autumn Scardina had sued Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, after he declined to provide the transition cake in 2017.

Oklahoma has blocked the provision of gender-affirming care for young people at a major university hospital, and Gov. Kevin Stitt is calling for a ban on all such care in the state.Stitt, a Republican who is up for reelection next month, signed Senate Bill 3 into law Tuesday.

Rowling has been criticised by some over her views on women's rights and trans people but strongly denies being transphobic.In January, police said they wouldn't charge trans activists who tweeted photos showing her address - so-called "doxing".

In a decision that recognizes the possibility of polyamorous relationships, a New York City judge has ruled in a tenancy case that it’s possible for two men to both claim partnerships with a third man — and that the man whose relationship is being questioned should have a chance to prove his claim in court.A landlord is seeking to evict Markyus O’Neill, who had occupied a rent-stabilized apartment with Scott Anderson beginning in 2012, Gay City News reports. Anderson died in October 2021, and his lease expired at the end of the year.

A New York judge has awarded $4.5 million to a Black gay man who claimed that Hasidic safety patrol members beat him severely in 2013 and caused him to lose sight in one eye.“It’s been nine years,” said Taj Patterson, the New York Daily News reports. “A lot of back and forth.

Last week, a clip from Celebrity Family Feud went viral not because someone had a hilarrrrrious answer when asked to name something you don’t notice until it’s too late, but because someone actually didn’t notice something until it was too late.The someone in question was Ben Wierda, and the thing he didn’t notice was, well…Here is Betsy Devos' nephew, Ben Wierda on “Family Feud” the very moment he realizes how tight his pants are…pic.twitter.com/jkApboOkw0— Rex Chapman?? (@RexChapman) September 25, 2020Wierda, nephew of Betsy DeVos and son-in-law to Kathie Lee Gifford (that’s got to make for some strange family encounters), will likely think about his wardrobe choices a bit more for any future media appearances.Meanwhile, Andy Cohen asked KLG about the moment during a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live.Questioned whether she’d seen the clip, Gifford quipped: “Yes, I have, it’s hard to miss it. I’m sorry, but I’m glad it’s not my son.

President Biden raised a few eyebrows this week, after he said he was “sort of raised” in a Puerto Rican community in Delaware. That included Seth Meyers, who joked on Tuesday that Biden’s words sounded pretty similar to a grandpa’s first encounter with gay people.Biden was in Puerto Rico this week getting a look at hurricane damage when he made his comments, noting that Delaware has a large Puerto Rican population.

Gilead Sciences discovered two “kingpins” thought to mastermind the ongoing counterfeit HIV medication scheme.The pharmaceutical company scored a big win in their fight to stop the distribution of counterfeit bottles of HIV drugs produced under their name. On September 28, U.S.

Coach’s latest campaign sees their new ambassador Lil Nas X star in the inspiring short film, Courage to Be Real.

A federal court in Florida dismissed a challenge to the state’s “don’t say gay” law last week, but left open the possibility the case could be refiled in the future.In a 25-page opinion issued last Thursday, U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor, who was appointed to the bench by former President Donald Trump, found the plaintiffs Equality Florida, Family Equality, and a group of teachers, students, and parents had not established standing to file the case.“The principal problem is that most of plaintiffs’ alleged harm is not plausibly tied to the law’s enforcement so much as the law’s very existence,” wrote Winsor, noting no injunction issued by a court could resolve that issue.The ruling came in response to motions filed by Equality Florida and Family Equality requesting discovery in the case filed in April.

On Tuesday, October 4, a court in Russia fined social media platform TikTok 3 million roubles (over €50,000) over the refusal to remove content that the Russian authorities deemed to be in violation of the country’s law on “LGBT propaganda”. As reported by Reuters, ByteDance-owned platform TikTok was found guilty of an administrative offence in […]

For the 2022 edition of GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, a highlight for me were the short films that managed to cover a variety of topics and came from all over the world. From New Zealand’s wonderful Firsts to Switzerland’s hilarious In Nature (or Dans La Nature if you’ll pardon my French). Of course the Irish shorts […]

Billy Eichner’s Bros is so much better than it has any right to be.

An Army doctor said to be the first active-duty officer to come out as transgender has been indicted on a charge of providing confidential U.S. government information to Russia to assist that nation in its war against Ukraine.Jamie Lee Henry, 39, and their wife, Anna Gabrielian, 36, were charged Thursday with conspiracy and the disclosure of individually identifiable health information, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Maryland.

The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term Monday, which is shaping to be historical. Notably, associate justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will have heard her first arguments as the court's first Black woman.

The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term Monday, which is shaping to be historical. Notably, associate justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will have heard her first arguments as the court's first Black woman.

Heartstopper actor Sebastian Croft has collaborated with Everpress to raise money for Choose Love and LGBTQ+ charity Rainbow Railroad.

Bros, touted as the first mainstream Hollywood studio-backed gay rom-com, has opened to a less than enthusiastic response at the US Box office.Variety reported that Bros debuted at number four and had grossed $4.8 million in its opening weekend – half the collections projected by the studio. Universal had expected a $8 to $10 million opening for the Judd Apatow-produced film directed by Nicholas Stoller and starring Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane.Before the movie was released, homophobes had review bombed the movie with low ratings.

In a ruling handed down on Thursday, a federal appeals court found that Kim Davis, the former county clerk from Kentucky who refused marriage licenses to same-sex couples after marriage equality became law with the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell vs. Hodges, did not have qualified immunity. Consequently, the panel ruled that two couples could sue her personally, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports.According to Thursday's U.S.

Gay pro- wrestler Anthony Bowens sent a strong, heartfelt message through tears after winning his first major All-Elite Wrestling (AEW) championship.Bowens made history, along with his teammate and the other half of the tag team The Acclaimed, Max Caster as the pair snatched the AEW tag-team championship. The pair defeated the duo Swerve in Our Glory – Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee in the dynamite match at the AEW Grand Slam.With this win, Bowens has become the first openly gay competitor to win gold in the AEW and spoke about the importance of the win and what it means to him.“Some of you know, some of you may not know, but I never thought I’d be able to have a moment like this.”“I never thought I would be able to live my dreams because there was a time where I was very confused, and I didn’t know how to accept myself, but I fought through that bullsh*t.

#Brazil to make a gender reveal, Environment department is investigating the case

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has said that a Pakistani law that was enacted in 2018 enabling Trans people to self-determine their gender is “inconsistent with Islamic principles”. The progressive bill permits Trans people to have their gender recognised without approval from a medical board and allows them to obtain official documents with their […]

first in the Florida house to call for an end to the Reedy Creek Improvement Act. The legislation basically allows Disney to make its own rules and act as the local government over the area covered by its theme park in the state.Yesterday was the 2nd meeting in a week w/fellow legislators to discuss a repeal of the 1967 Reedy Creek Improvement Act, which allows Disney to act as its own government.

A D.C. Superior Court judge on Thursday said she was not ready to issue a ruling on whether the LGBTQ community services center Casa Ruby should be dissolved as recommended two and a half weeks earlier by a court-appointed receiver that took control of Casa Ruby’s operations.

Maren Morris just launched a new T-shirt in support of trans rights groups, especially LGBTQ youth. 

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Anti-LGBTQ+ lawyers and their clients are arguing that antidiscrimination protections under the Supreme Court’s Bostock ruling don’t apply to bisexuals, who according to polls make up the largest proportion of the LGBTQ+ community.Attorneys Jonathan Mitchell and Gene Hamilton are representing Braidwood Management, which is owned by anti-LGBTQ+ activist Steven Hotze, and Bear Creek Bible Church, both located in Texas, in a case seeking exemptions from nondiscrimination law for employers with religious objections.They filed suit against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in federal court in 2018 and updated the complaint last year in light of the Bostock v.

(CNN) – As Hurricane Ian made landfall in western Cuba early Tuesday morning, Floridians were keeping an anxious eye on the rapidly intensifying storm. That included the operators of Florida’s popular theme parks.Here’s a status report of where things stand as of 11 a.m.

Glenn Youngkin's proposed changes to how schools treat transgender students can receive an excused absence under state law.Youngkin, a Republican, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates for proposing an overhaul to rules in Virginia schools pertaining to the treatment of LGBTQ students, reversing protections previously passed under former Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, in 2020.His proposed changes would affect transgender students' abilities to use the bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity and require schools to receive parental approval before using a transgender student's changed name or pronouns. He has found himself at odds with many voters over the policy in Virginia, a state that—despite his victory in 2021—has trended Democratic in recent years.Thousands of students from nearly 100 Virginia schools planned to protest the changes on Tuesday by staging walk-outs.

To avoid being served with a subpoena, in what can only be described as a scene from a movie, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton fled his home in a truck driven by his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton on Monday.Texas's chief law enforcement officer went to great lengths to avoid being forced to testify in court, according to an affidavit filed in federal court by the process server, Ernesto Herrera. A subpoena was being served on the state's top attorney requiring him to attend a federal court hearing in a case brought by nonprofits that assist Texans seeking abortions outside the state, the Texas Tribune reports.Herrera said that he spotted Paxton and Angela through the windows of their house as he approached it on Monday morning.