Maren Morris raises $100,000 for transgender charity

A man accused of killing a Milwaukee transgender woman has been taken into custody.Regina “Mya” Allen, 35, was shot to death August 29. She had gotten into a Chevy Tahoe at a gas station with Clayton Hubbird, 31.

Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) -- Researchers are calling for vigilance in a new study that outlines an obscure family of viruses that causes Ebola-like symptoms in certain monkeys, warning that one of these viruses could soon make the jump to humans.Simian hemorrhagic fever, an arterivirus that is already endemic in wild African primates and mostly impacts macaque monkeys, may have the potential to become the next monkeypox or even the next HIV in the future, researchers say.Although no human infections have ever been reported with these viruses, experts caution that we should be watching them now.“This animal virus has figured out how to gain access to human cells, multiply itself, and escape some of the important immune mechanisms we would expect to protect us from an animal virus. That’s pretty rare,” Sara Sawyer, professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at University of Colorado Boulder, and senior author of the research, said in a press release.“We should be paying attention to it.”The study, published last week in the scientific journal Cell, examines how simian hemorrhagic fever (SHFV) uses a specific cell receptor to infect target cells — a receptor that exists in human cells as well.Arteriviruses have been studied in pigs and horses, but the versions that targets non-human primates are less understood.

Prince King Charles and his wife Camilla made their first joint public appearance since the royal mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II officially ended last week. The couple visited Scotland on Monday, where they were greeted by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and other local leaders.As the pair adapts to their new roles as king and queen consort, people are once again revisiting Princess Diana’s infamous 1995 sit-down with BBC Panorama, during which she spoke candidly about whether Charles really has what it takes to be the King of England.When journalist Martin Bashir asked whether she thought her soon-to-be-ex-husband would ever actually take on the role, the princess replied, “I don’t think any of us know the answer to that.”“And obviously, it’s a question that’s in everybody’s head,” she continued.

Frozen Planet II aired its latest episode on Sunday.With pitch-perfect narration from the incomparable David Attenborough, the show profiled the mating habits of the Antipodean wandering albatross.Related: WATCH: Gay nature lover has hilariously close call with BuffaloThe species mates for life, and the process of finding a partner can take years. Frozen Planet II honed in one one mature male’s search for love on a small island.While attempting to win a female’s favor, the albatross was challenged by another male. The female was not about it, and flew off.“It seems that this is not going to be his year after all,” Attenborough said.But then the cameras captured a plot twist: the male found a second potential partner — another male this time — and started the complex mating ritual over again.It got pretty cute:Unfortunately, there’s a dark side to this love story.

Vermont school district’s decision to side with a transgender volleyball player after a group of her teammates complained about sharing a locker room. In accordance with state policy, Randolph High School administrators sent the complainants to single-stall bathroom to change while allowing the trans athlete to continue using the facilities of her desired gender.

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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.

A post shared by FOLX Health (@folxhealth)This profile is part of Queerty’s 2022 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Drag Names: Bosco, 29Jasmine Kennedie, 23Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté, 30Willow Pill, 27Bio: This quartet of über-talented drag performers came to know one another during the filming of season 14 of Rupaul’s Drag Race. Hailing from all different parts of the U.S.

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A country music singer has spun an insult from patron saint of furrowed brows Tucker Carlson into gold, all for the benefit of transgender charities.The Fox News host targeted Grammy Award-winning singer Maren Morris after she spoke up for trans youth on Twitter.Morris was responding to Brittany Aldean, wife of country singer Jason Aldean, who shared a makeup-transformation video with the caption: “I’d really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase. I love this girly life.”Aldean later took to Instagram to falsely claim kids were being forced to undergo “genital mutilation.”Related: Tucker Carlson suggests giving monkeypox this new, gay-related nameMedical guidelines do not recommend gender confirmation surgery for minors.Dr.

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Sporting Pride and Dublin Pride would like to invite you to join us for a live discussion with Transgender athlete, author and researcher Joanna Harper – a medical physicist who over the years has advised a number of international sports federations on the topic of Transgender inclusion in sport. Joanna herself is a competitive runner […]

The city of Oakland, Calif., celebrated Amy Schneider Day Wednesday, honoring the top woman and top transgender contestant ever on Jeopardy!“Today is Amy Schneider Day in Oakland!” Mayor Libby Schaaf tweeted. “@Jeopardamy has made our city proud as the first transgender @Jeopardy contestant as well as the winningest woman and second-longest winning streak ever! & Amy doesn't just say she’s from Oakland, she shouts it!” Schneider retweeted it Thursday with comments.

After being insulted as a "lunatic country music person" by Tucker Carlson for her support of the transgender community, Maren Morris has used the snub to raise over $150,000 for GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program and Trans Lifeline. It all traces back to an Instagram post made by Brittany Aldean, wife of country music performer Jason Aldean.

An international law firm and a coalition of LGBTQ and healthcare advocacy groups filed a complaint Wednesday challenging a Florida rule that excludes transgender-related medical care from Medicaid reimbursements. 

Editor’s note: The Washington Blade interviewed Alba Rueda before the murder of Alejandra Ironici, a prominent transgender activist, in Santa Fe on Aug. 22 and the attempted assassination of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Buenos Aires on Sept. 1.

After calling out the transphobia that another celebrity displayed in an online remark, Maren Morris was called a “lunatic country music person” on Fox News. The singer decided to slap the slogan on a T-shirt, sell it as merch and donate all proceeds to Trans causes. The result? More than $100,000 dollars in donations. It […]

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Country music star Maren Morris has raised more than $100,000 for transgender causes after speaking out for trans rights and being blasted for doing so.Morris is selling T-shirts bearing the words “Lunatic Country Music Person” and the phone number for Trans Lifeline, with proceeds being divided between the lifeline and GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program. Morris was called a “lunatic country music person” by Fox News host Tucker Carlson after she responded to anti-trans comments from Brittany Aldean, wife of country singer Jason Aldean. Brittany Aldean had posted August 23 on Instagram, “I’d really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase.

culture wars gripping the two countries.In the U.S., a Florida teacher was fired for hanging a Black Lives Matter flag over her classroom door in August last year. In December 2021, a Massachusetts school teacher was fired for opposing critical race theory in several TikTok videos.In April this year, a Missouri high school teacher lost her job for allegedly using critical race theory in class by assigning a young adult novel titled "Dear Martin" —a book which talks about a Black high school student going to a predominantly white preparatory high school who falls victim to police violence— to her students.Critical race theory is a decades-old academic theory that examines America's history and institutions through the lens of racism.An analysis by The Washington Post published in June found that more than 160 teachers in the U.S.

Maren Morris’ “lunatic” t-shirt line has raised over $100,000 for trans organisations in light of her feud with Brittany Aldean and Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Guy Lodge Film Critic “L’Immensità” is director Emanuele Crialese’s first feature film in 11 years, and only his fifth in a quarter-century: The gifted Italian, best known to international audiences for his splendid, richly felt Ellis Island immigrant saga “Golden Door,” has never been one for unconsidered or impersonal projects. At first glance, then, one might wonder what drew him out of hibernation for a film that, with its trim runtime and small-scale domestic narrative, belies a title that translates as “immensity.” This 1970s-set story of a 12-year-old navigating his gender identity while his mother battles mental health demons is too palpably pained and heartfelt to be called slight, but it’s sensitive and peculiar in ways that feel fragile — occasionally splintered and swamped by an elaborate setpiece, or the outsize star magnetism of arguably its secondary lead, one Penélope Cruz. 

Maren Morris has turned an insult from Tucker Carlson into an opportunity to raise funds that help people in the transgender community. The Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter got into the Fox News host’s radar after an online feud with digital influencer Brittany Aldean, wife of country singer Jason Aldean.

launched a T-shirt that reads “Maren Morris: Lunatic Country Music Person,” followed by the phone number for the Trans Lifeline hotline. All sales proceeds are to be split between the Trans Lifeline and GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program.

Trace Lysette arrives at the premiere of her new film Monica at the 2022 Venice Film Festival on Saturday (September 3) in Venice, Italy.

Maren Morris offered an update Saturday on social media less than 24 hours after launching a T-shirt line with the Tucker Carlson-inspired moniker.The country star took to Instagram and said she's raised over $100,000 since announcing Friday that her black T-shirt with the words «Maren Morris Lunatic Country Music Person» and the phone number «877-565-8860.» That number directs callers to Trans Line Life, a non-profit organization that offers emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis.Trans Line Life is also one of the two organizations that'll benefit from sales of Morris' new merch. GLAAD's Transgender Media Program is the other beneficiary.

Maren Morris is wearing the «lunatic» label as a badge of honor. So much so, the country star's launching a t-shirt line with the Tucker Carlson-inspired moniker, with all proceeds benefiting trans rights groups.The «Circles Around This Town» singer took to Instagram on Friday and posted a photo of a black T-shirt with the words «Maren Morris Lunatic Country Music Person» and the phone number «877-565-8860.» That number directs callers to Trans Line Life, a non-profit organization that offers emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis.Trans Line Life is also one of the two organizations that'll benefit from sales of Morris' new merch.

Maren Morris is leaning into being called a “lunatic” by Tucker Carlson.

Maren Morris isn't backing down from her online feud with Brittany Aldean. On Thursday, Jason Aldean's wife was a guest on Fox News' and doubled down on her beliefs regarding transgender children. «I'm advocating for children,» Brittany said on the show.

During a “Parents Matter” rally on Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin called for schools to out transgender and gender nonconforming students to their parents and guardians, prompting a rebuke from GLSEN. 

seemingly transphobic Instagram-video caption from August 23 is continuing to amass critics and fans, but one thing that's gotten lost in the conversation is an interrogation of the statement itself.Aldean captioned the video in question, which showed a before-and-after makeup transformation, "I'd really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase. I love this girly life." Her husband, country star Jason Aldean, responded in the comments, "Lmao!! Im [sic] glad they didn't too, cause you and I wouldn't have worked out."Aldean's post seemed to tacitly mock the parents of children who are trans or gender-questioning.

In Utah last year, the parents of two girls who’d placed second and third during a state-level sporting event got suspicious about the girl who’d handily won first place: Had she always been a girl? At the time, Utah had not yet passed a law banning transgender athletes from participating in school sports under their gender identity. Still, officials received complaints from parents about athletes who didn’t “look feminine enough,” David Spatafore, the legislative representative of the Utah High School Activities Association, recently testified.

LONDON — When the playwright Charlie Josephine watched the first performance of their play “I, Joan” at Shakespeare’s Globe last week, they sat in the theater, wracked with nerves. The play, based on the story of Joan of Arc, is Josephine’s first on a major London stage. But that was not the only reason that the playwright, who identifies as transgender, queer and nonbinary, and uses the pronoun they, was anxious.

Brittany Aldean said her comments comparing her "tomboy phase" to transgenderism have been taken out of context, and used the controversy to inspire a new charity clothing line. "Per usual, my words have been taken out of context over the last week," she captioned photos of the new tops Wednesday before including an eye roll emoji.

Maren Morris and Jason Aldean's wife, Brittany Aldean, are at odds after a comment from the latter incited a war of words between them on social media. From the initial remark to a firestorm of backlash on all sides, celebrities and commenters have weighed in on the debate in recent days. Now, Brittany is using the buzz to launch a new business endeavor while Maren is focused on her touring.

In a closed door session the Hanover County School Board voted 5-2 to approve a policy that requires transgender students to submit a request to use school bathrooms that align with their gender identity and gives the school board the authority to approve or deny those requests.

An array of country stars have slammed beauty influencer Brittany Aldean for making vile transphobic comments.

wife of country superstar Jason Aldean, posted a before-and-after makeup video of herself on Instagram along with the caption: "I'd really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase. I love this girly life."A post shared by instagramThe mother-of-two was criticized for the comment with singers Maren Morris and Cassadee Pope both publicly calling Aldean out."You'd think celebs with beauty brands would see the positives in including LGBTQ+ people in their messaging," Pope tweeted in response on August 26. "But instead here we are, hearing someone compare their 'tomboy phase' to someone wanting to transition.

I have been visiting and helping out a solitary older gentleman through a mutual-aid organization. He clearly values our time together. But on a recent visit he revealed repugnant beliefs — that Jews control the world and Black people are genetically inferior to whites.

A trans memorial tree in Manchester's Sackville Gardens has been left 'irreparably damaged' after going up in flames during pride celebrations. The National Trans Memorial, which is the first of its kind in the UK, caught fire on Sunday night (August 29) as revellers enjoyed the third night of pride.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, spoke on a Sunday podcast about her stance on gender-affirming treatment for transgender children, saying that the country is in a "spiritual war" as some critics consider some of her opinions controversial."I don't know how we got in a place where my stance is controversial," she said during an interview with Human Events Daily podcast host Jack Posobiec. "I think it just shows you, we are in a true spiritual war in America.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Country superstar Jason Aldean and his wife Brittany Aldean have become increasingly outspoken as conservative activists, without too much commentary or pushback from more centrist or liberal-leaning country stars. But when Brittany Aldean posted what many viewed as a transphobic joke to her Instagram account, Cassadee Pope and then Maren Morris jumped in defend the LGBTQ+ community — which then led to a war of words with another conservative Nashville celebrity, Candace Owens. The exchanges got contentious enough that Morris said, presumably addressing Brittany Aldean: “It’s so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie.” Responded Brittany: “Karen Morris, thanks for calling me Barbie,” sealed with a kiss emoji.

murder of a Black trans woman called Naomi Hersi in 2018 in Hounslow, and the murder of a gay doctor named Gary Jenkins in Bute Park last year.This worrying trend here in the UK should be a cause for concern for anyone.While these figures might also be partly explained by increased confidence in reporting these issues, the ones reported are only the tip of the iceberg.Many people would never report hate incidents or crime to the police simply because they don’t believe the police will do anything about it, or take them seriously.According to LGBTQ+ domestic abuse charity, Galop, only one in eight LGBTQ+ people had ‘reported the most recent incident that they had experienced to the police’.I know this to be true both from working with charities that support people, and from the stories of queer people around me. LGBTQ+ people have also historically suffered stigma and discrimination from the police worldwide, so confidence that the police will support them is often low.Even in cases where issues have been reported to the police, I’ve heard from friends that there has often been no conclusion and cases have been dropped, or not recognised as a hate crime.This was also my experience. In 2018, I reported someone to the police for targeted harassment online.The person in question had repeatedly targeted myself and my partner online, where they maliciously misgendered us, calling us slurs and repeatedly abused us.

Country drama. Maren Morris and Cassadee Pope are clapping back after Brittany Aldean (née Kerr) — the wife of singer Jason Aldean — seemingly shared a transphobic message.

Transgender woman Maddie Hofmann, 47, was shot to death by police in Malvern, Pa., in May, news that has only recently been widely reported.Police were called to Hofmann’s home to do a wellness check May 19 after receiving a report that a woman there was having a mental health crisis, according to Philadelphia TV station WTXF. Hofmann approached them outside the house, holding a handgun and a cell phone.

A Fairfax County Police officer on July 7 shot and killed a transgender man who family members say was having a mental health crisis inside the family home where he lived after the man, identified as Jasper Aaron Lynch, 26, lunged at three officers while wielding a wine bottle as a weapon and refused the officers commands to drop the bottle, according to a statement released by Fairfax Police.

A transgender man was shot to death by police in McLean, Va., in July, and his family is saying there was no justification for the killing.Jasper Aaron Lynch, 26, was having a mental health crisis when police were called to his home the evening of July 7, The Washington Post reports. Lynch, who went by Aaron, lived with his sister and parents in McLean, a D.C. suburb.