Retired Gay Socceroo Stephen Laybutt Donates Kidney To Save A Stranger’s Life

One of the UK’s leading human rights watchdogs is facing an international review over its recent stance on LGBTQ+ rights.

On Wednesday, February 9, the team behind The Sims 4 announced that it would be not making its new ‘My Wedding Stories’ Game Pack available to audiences in Russia. This comes following the release of the Game Pack’s trailer on February 8, which revealed that the new storyline would feature a sapphic romance. Game developers […]

Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bills are getting a lot of national attention, but Tennessee state Rep. Bruce Griffey is passionately promoting similar legislation that he’s sponsoring.“The state of Tennessee is not allowed to teach my daughters Christian values that I think are important and they should learn, so I teach those at home,” Griffey, a Republican, recently told Tennessee TV station WMC.

Drag Race season 14’s Bosco has just come out as Trans in a Twitter thread that is garnering massive support from fans, friends and allies. “I can’t really think of a better time to tell y’all so here it goes,” the reality TV star wrote, clearly referencing the ongoing conversation about her heterosexual cisgender season […]

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Meet Finn, a cute, 4½-year-old rat terrier mix with a big personality in a little body. Despite his energy, Finn can be a bit shy when meeting new people, but will be your friend in no time with some treats and gentle petting. He’s looking for a calm home where he can settle in and be a loving lap dog. Now through Feb. 28, Finn and all other adult dogs and cats at the SPCA of Texas’ Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center and Ellis County Animal Care Center are only $14 to adopt. Finn is waiting to meet you at the SPCA of Texas’ Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center in Dallas. To meet him, come visit him any day between noon and 6 p.m. Browse other available animals at SPCS.org/FindAPet and visit SPCA.org/DogAdopt to inquire about a dog or SPCA.org/CatAdopt to inquire about a cat.

Live singer Ivy, center, won the Season 5 finals of Kennedy Davenport’s All-Around Talent Competition at Marty’s Live at the end of November. Also pictured are, from left, Manager/DJ Jesse Rose Jr., first runner-up Ace, Kennedy Davenport and Marty’s Live General Manager Mikey Howard.

I received a call last week from a man named Brent Bolding. A friend who is a therapist specializing in gender identity work referred him to me.

READ MORELove Island: is this iconic star going back on the show?Hang on - is that Love Island's Millie Court in Euphoria?Classic Love Island boy shows off wild hair transformation and wowDefinitely. I’d always put off having children, because I was so scared that self-harming could come back and that I wouldn’t be a fit mother. Yes, I could provide financial stability for the child and a lot of love, but what if it came back? The fact that it’s not going to has given me the full green light.

Adele made a surprise appearance at Heaven nightclub where she pole danced and hung out with Drag Race UK’s Cheryl Hole.

Perth and Kinross Council is celebrating LGBT+ History Month with a range of events this February. This year’s theme is “Blurring Borders,” which explores LGBT liberation and community across the globe.Perth Bridge and St Paul’s were lit up in rainbow colours at the start of February and will be lit in purple on 25 February to mark Purple Friday, LGBT Youth Scotland’s annual fundraising event.Rainbow Laces Day took place on February 1 to launch LGBT+ History month, and is also part of a national campaign led by Stonewall UK to promote lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality within sport.Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation and took place on February 3, it’s the day that friends, families, communities, and workplaces come together to talk, listen and change lives.

Drag Race contestant Bosco came out as trans in an intimate message and said they are the “happiest” they’ve “ever been.”

The actual Kate Bush doesn’t do many live shows, so it’s up to tribute acts to fill the void for those who want to experience her music live. Enter super fan Sarah-Louise Young, a cabaret performer who has created this joyous blend of stand up and tribute act which is currently playing downstairs at London’s Soho Theatre. While there are lots of more niche references, you absolutely don’t need to be a die-hard fan to enjoy this evening – those with even a passing knowledge of her biggest hits with find something to entertain them here.

Perth and Kinross Council’s head of education and learning Sharon Johnston has commissioned an investigation into claims of bullying and other discriminatory behaviour at Crieff High School.

We had the most amazing chat with It’s A Sin star Nathaniel Hall a few months ago as he was preparing to tour his play First Time, which caught the attention of Russell T Davies during a previous run and led to Nathaniel being cast in the seminal TV hit of last year. He has revived his play and has been touring it these last few months – we caught it this week at London’s Pleasance Theatre. The tour will continue over the coming weeks with performances in Bath, Birmingham, Nottingham, Dorchester, Plymouth, Keswick and Bristol.

Orion Story has revealed a secret unaired romance with her Drag Race season 14 sister Jorgeous. (The T is piping hot today!)

Attorney Bruce Nickerson sits in the hallway of the Torrance Courthouse and shares good news with his client, Charles Samuel Couch, July 21, 2017. The judge granted Nickerson’s request for a finding of factual innocence. Photo: Q Voice News photo.

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Alyssa Milano and Braunwyn Windham-Burke were among the stars snapped at the A Night of Pride event Inglewood, California from GLAAD and the NFL on Thursday.The event was slated to focus on the inclusion of LGBTQ people in professional sports, with Milano among a host of celebrities slated to speak at the gala.Milano dressed in support of the hometown Los Angeles Rams donning a long black coat with the team's logo emblazoned on the chest and white netting on one side. The latest: Alyssa Milano, 49, andBraunwyn Windham-Burke, 44, were snapped at theA Night of Pride event Inglewood, California from GLAAD and the NFL on ThursdayThe My Name Is Earl actress rounded out her ensemble with a black shirt, black leather pants and black boots.TheInsatiable star wore her brown locks up and accessorized with diamond-studded hoop earrings at the event.

Ryan Russell and boyfriend Corey O’Brien are kicking off Super Bowl Weekend!

The New York Times reports.His discovery was important but not without controversy. The deadly disease that had first surfaced in 1981 and was eventually given the name of AIDS, for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, was devastating gay and bisexual men, along with certain other populations, but its cause remained mysterious for some time.Some scientists, however, suspected it was caused by a retrovirus, “a kind of germ that slips into the host cell’s DNA and takes control, in a reversal of the way viruses typically work; hence the name retro,” the Times notes.Montagnier, an expert on retroviruses, and his team at the Pasteur Institute did research in 1983 on a lymph node that had been removed from a person with AIDS.

If you are looking for the perfect way to spend Valentine’s Day this year with your significant other — or even all alone, for that matter — then you might want to head on down to the American Airlines Center for the Kasey Musgraves concert. Musgraves, a Texas native, has been an LGBTQ ally since her career first got started, and she has been an LGBTQ icon for just about that long, too. And while many in the community are big Musgraves fans, she is just as big a fan of the community, telling Billboard in 2019, that she wants LGBTQ fans to know that “you are invited to my party.” The show starts at 8 p.m. next Monday; tickets are still available at Ticketmaster.com, starting at $120, but they are going fast. (Photo ©Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com)

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Peter and I hitched our wagons young. Early 20s. He was wildly handsome, gay, with soulful brown eyes and a head full of loose, unruly curls.

Two summers before Mary J. Blige crooned soulfully about searching for a “Real Love,” I found mine. I was 11 years old.

The baby's full name is Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper. The last name is hyphenated with the last name of Cooper's ex Benjamin Maisani, who Anderson coparents Wyatt with."Was 6.8 pounds at birth and he was healthy and happy, and even his occasional hiccups, are to me, adorable," he said.

After last year's implosion of Oakland Pride's annual celebration, a new group is organizing a festival for the East Bay city this fall.

Colorado. The dress featured a high neck and long sleeves, and she was seen standing with her tuxedo-clad husband under a magical-looking waterfall in pictures from the couple's special day by Cedar & Pines Photography.

Kristen Stewart in “Spencer,” left, and Driana DeBose in “West Side Story,” right, are among the the 94th Annual Academy Awards nominees. The queer-inclusive cowboy film “The Power of the Dog,” center, also was nominated. Photos: from left to right, courtesy of Neon Pictures, Netflix, and 20th Century Studios.

Destinee Lashaee, who was the first trans castmember of the TLC reality hit My 600-lb Life, has died at 30, according to a family member’s social media post. No cause of death was given.

Kate Garraway welcomed the professional baker onto the show to discuss how her life has changed since she won the BBC One series in 2015.But fans were shocked to hear how the 37-year-old struggled growing up in the heart of Luton after she revealed how she was bullied by two fellow students at school.And the bullying didn't just include horrible names being screamed across the playground as she explained how she was regularly hit and beaten in the bathroom.One of the most painful memories included two boys repeatedly slamming her fingers in between a heavy fire door, and forcing her head into a toilet while they repeatedly flushed it.For emotional support you can call the Samaritans 24-hour helpline on 116 123, email jo@samaritans.org, visit a Samaritans branch in person or go to the Samaritans website.This is a live TV story and is constantly being notes updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest TV updates.TV & Showbiz reporters are working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.You can also follow us on Twitter @DailyStar, or follow us on Instagram @dailystar to get the latest TV and celeb gossip 24 hours a day.Or like our Daily Star Showbiz Facebook page to get the day's biggest stories, and have your say on them.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star showbiz newsletters?You can do this on this page by simply entering your email address above and hitting 'subscribe'.Download the Daily Star app for flash alerts on the biggest stories of the day, so you don't miss out.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star news bulletins? You can do this on this page by simply entering your email address above and hitting 'subscribe'.

Theatre 3’s ‘Maytag Virgin’ with Tiffany Solano and Ian Ferguson. (Courtesy photo)

De ontdekker van het aidsvirus, de Franse wetenschapper Luc Montagnier, is overleden. Hij won met die ontdekking uit 1983 de Nobelprijs voor Geneeskunde in 2008.

Amy Anzel spoke with GAY TIMES about all things allyship, The Apprentice and Twitter gays after her departure from the BBC show.

Former Apprentice star Ryan-Mark Parsons has told how coming out as gay during the show was the “biggest nightmare” of his life. Ryan-Mark, now 21, was just 19 and the youngest contestant in the BBC show’s history when he appeared on the reality series in 2020.The contestant spoke openly about his sexuality on the show, but has now revealed that members of his family only found out he was gay after gossip between fellow contestants got back to them before he had had a chance to tell them. In a new interview, Ryan-Mark speaks of how the ordeal “traumatised” his family and left him with trust issues after some family members cut him out.

Whatever your entertainment needs, we got your back (and hopefully your mind) with Queerty’s weekly “Culture Club” column with some of the highlights of new releases, streaming shows, classics worth revisiting, and what to drink while you watch.Director Kenneth Branagh, fresh off his Oscar nominations for Belfast returns to big-budget spectacle with this sequel to his Murder On the Orient Express remake. Death on the Nile sees Branagh return to the role of Agatha Christie’s inimitable detective Hercule Poirot.

spoke to NBC News in a new investigation. In addition, the investigative team from the network also relied on information obtained through court documents and Freedom of Information Law requests.

Under its terms, anyone who has been engaged or complicit in abuses based on a person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity would be denied a visa or, if they already have one, see it revoked. Among the actions it lists are torture or other inhumane treatment; prolonged detention without charges or trial; causing the disappearance of a person through abduction and clandestine detention; or “other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of such persons.”It could be applied to government officials and private citizens alike, and the U.S.

LONDON/WASHINGTON: Coinbase Global has removed 'how to buy' instructions for at least three crypto tokens which have been the subject of 'rug pull' warnings that investors may lose their money, saying on Thursday (Feb 10) it plans to improve safeguards.

As a gay media site, we were shocked to discover that multinational, mainstream news network CNN has been gay this whole time, too.Then we realized the outing came via Tucker Carlson Tonight, where facts are about as valued as objectivity. So, not at all.During his Wednesday Fox News broadcast, Carlson welcomed Chadwick Moore for a discussion about Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill.The bill, which was introduced by state Republicans last month, would make it illegal for teachers to talk about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida primary schools.Moore, a gay man who “came out as a conservative” after writing a puff piece on Milo Yiannopoulos five years ago, characterized opponents of the bill as “wacky.”He added that “gay media like CNN” were wrong to oppose it.Carlson sat with his signature furrowed brow as Moore’s perplexing comment came and went, before chiming into call opposition to the bill nothing more than a “fundraising opportunity for the Human Rights Campaign.”Gay, conservative group the Log Cabin Republicans praised the interview, tweeting that Moore had “called out the Left’s lies about Florida’s parent rights bill.”WATCH: @Chadwick_Moore called out the Left's lies about Florida's parent rights bill tonight on Tucker Carlson!"They don't want you to read it.

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Related: Influencer Juan de Dios Pantoja says that’s definitely NOT him in alleged gay sex tape“OOOOPSSS!!! Isaiah Rashad caught sucking his home boy d*ck in a leaked video!!!” the tweet reads. “& Half 2 – OMGG!! Observe @TheVaultUncut on IG rn, I’m ONLY Posting the hyperlink there!!!”In the past, Rashad, 30, has kept the details of his personal life mum, as is his right, though he has acknowledged a son and daughter from previous relationships.Best known for his albums The Sun’s Tirade and The House is Burning, this tape will likely bring him a whole new level of fame, albeit not one he necessarily wants or deserves.Sex tapes of celebrities Paris Hilton, Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson, Kim Kardashian, Hulk Hogan, and most recently, Nelly, have all had varying effects on the careers of those involved.In the meantime, Rashad’s fans have taken to Twitter to condemn the leak of the video…All I’ve learned from this #isaiahrashad situation is that 1: y’all homophobic af2: y’all care too much about the lives of celebrities3: I ain’t gone stop listening to his music any time soon4: he can’t give head better than me— ??Ashy ? Larry ?? (@prozac_papito) February 10, 2022me and the homies talkin about Isaiah Rashad pic.twitter.com/H9VmwbnuXg— meg ?? (@megfishtheory) February 10, 2022Love you @isaiahrashad , know that the love outweighs all the hate rn.

The trailer for French director Guillaume Grélardon’s debut film A Night In The Fields has just dropped.The 55 minute film is set in a working class town near the French border. It follows teenagers Anthony and Dylan, who decide to crash an evening at a nightclub.

On Wednesday, January 10, Virgin Media aired its newest dating show, Generation Dating. Last night’s episode saw 81-year-old Tony be introduced to 22-year-old Isabel, as the pair were tasked with finding a suitable match for one another. Tony is an elderly widower from Pimlico, who met his late wife in his early thirties and was […]

Grindr has changed its privacy settings and removed the ‘Explore’ option to protect the LGBTQ+ athletes competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Although China decriminalised homosexuality in 1997, there is still very little protection for LGBTQ+ people today. The decision was made based on the fear that LGBTQ+ athletes would face being outed […]