Russia Fines Meta and TikTok Thousands of Dollars Over LGBTQ+ Content

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After right-wing backlash, State Farm Insurance discontinued any relationship with a project supporting the acceptance of LGBTQ+ youth.State Farm previously encouraged agents to donate books to Florida schools encouraging acceptance of LGBTQ youth. As part of a partnership with the LGBTQ+ advocacy group The GenderCool Project, State Farm corporate responsibility analyst Jose Soto states in an email on January 18, that agents across the nation can donate a three-book bundle to local teachers, community centers, or libraries.But the move came to light following the passage of the controversial "don’t say gay" law signed in March by Gov.

Ukraine continues to strengthen, Russia has permanently banned 963 well-known American citizens from entering the country. On Saturday, the “Russian black list” was released as a response to “the hostile actions taken by Washington,” according to the Russian Foreign Ministry and reported by The Washington Post.The list includes President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, trans Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, and all LGBTQ+ members of the House of Representatives — Reps. Mark Takano, Sharice Davids, Mondaire Jones, Chris Pappas, David Cicilline, Sean Patrick Maloney, Mark Pocan, Angie Craig and Ritchie Torres.Out U.S. Sens.

When the first official teaser for Thor: Love & Thunder—the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s fourth Thor-lead film—dropped last month, it had fans in a tizzy over its alleged queerbaiting, with many theorizing that it could be hinting at a relationship between Chris Hemsworth’s titular God Of Thunder and Star-Lord, played by Chris Pratt.Though Pratt’s (confirmed bisexual) Guardian Of The Galaxy is only briefly glimpsed in the latest trailer, there’s still plenty of canonized queer characters to be found, as well as theatrical imagery and other showy choices that have us hoping this could actually be Marvel’s gayest movie yet.After all, it does come from the mind of writer/director Taika Waititi, who gave us Cate Blanchett as an antlered drama queen in his last MCU movie, in addition to HBO Max’s goofy pirate comedy, Our Flag Means Death, which surprised us all by becoming one of the queerest shows of the year.Just how gay is Thor: Love & Thunder? The movie—which also stars Natalie Portman, Tess Thompson, Christian Bale, and Russell Crowe—doesn’t hit theaters until July 8, so, until then, we’re left to scavenge the new trailer for hints of queerness, reading too far into things and blowing small moments way out of proportion, as we are wont to do.Take a look at it for yourself, and then read below for our breakdown of all of the trailer’s gayest moments.The trailer’s first spoken dialogue comes from none other than Korg, the rocky Kronan voiced by writer/director Taika Waititi, who stole every single scene in Ragnarok.

The Only Way Is Essex star had been performing in the role of Matron 'Mama' Morton in the iconic musical, but sources are saying it's all over her, thanks to an injury. The Sun reports that the blonde reality TV star has been told by her doctors and medical professionals to leave the show, following a flare-up of the knee injury which she suffered in 2019 when on Dancing on Ice.

Multiple liberal media outlets are having a hard time dealing with taboo-breaking comedian Ricky Gervais' new Netflix comedy special because of its jokes about transgender people. Gervais’ new special, titled "SuperNature," debuted on the streaming platform Tuesday and has already received multiple scathing reviews for containing several outrageous jokes about trans people and the activists who aggressively insist that the public respect their pronouns.  Hollywood magazine Variety, and British outlets Metro and The Independent clutched their collective pearls over the special.  Variety's opening salvo skewered it for trying to "score points off of a marginalized group of people." The Hollywood outlet slammed the special as a "collision between two malign forces," namely Gervais and Netflix.

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene heads to her first reelection primary on Tuesday with the likelihood of securing the GOP nomination for her seat, despite being one of the most-criticized members of the House of Representatives.Greene has been tweeting up a storm in the days and hours leading up to the primary, and if she was competing with herself to see just how dumb her tweets can get, this one about baby formula may have clinched the race.In a tweet attacking California, Greene attempted to make a point about the national baby formula shortage.

Jacob Bjørn Hessellund is a professional handball player from Denmark. He came out on Instagram this week just in time for Pride.“Something has been filling my mind for a long time. Something I need to share,” 30-year-old Hessellund’s post begins.

LOS ANGELES — Oliver Sim was happy to be a monster. Too happy. On the London set of the short film “Hideous,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, the 32-year-old musician was living his fanboy fantasies of becoming a creature from a horror movie.

Republican lawmakers in Indiana on Tuesday banned transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams at their schools, overriding the veto of Gov. Eric Holcomb, a fellow Republican who said the measure did not address any pressing problem and exposed the state to lawsuits. The override made Indiana the latest conservative state to enact legislation blocking transgender girls or women from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity.

Wizard of Oz dress may not be in Kansas anymore, but its final home is still to be determined.The Catholic University of America had planned to auction off the gingham dress Tuesday, but a federal judge Monday blocked the move, The Washington Post reports. U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe ruled that a lawsuit over ownership of the dress must be resolved first.The dress is one of six that have been authenticated as worn by Garland in the LGBTQ-beloved 1939 film, although only one other is known to still exist.

The Southern Baptist Convention was just exposed for covering up claims of sexual assault against its own members and intimidating their accusers.Third-party investigative organization Guidepost Solutions has released a 288-page report detailing the extremist group’s failure to act against sexual misconduct accusations made against several of their members over the course of many years.Reports of sexual abuse, specifically against minors, have been levied at the Catholic church for decades, and this report outlines that this Protestant branch of the Christian establishment is not as far removed as they might like to think.“For almost two decades, survivors of abuse and other concerned Southern Baptists have been contacting the Southern Baptist Convention (‘SBC’) Executive Committee (‘EC’) to report child molesters and other abusers who were in the pulpit or employed as church staff,” the report states.“They made phone calls, mailed letters, sent emails, appeared at SBC and EC meetings, held rallies, and contacted the press… only to be met, time and time again, with resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility from some within the EC.”The Southern Baptist Convention has a famed background of discrimination against the queer community, releasing statements like “a desire to engage in a homosexual relationship is always sinful, impure, degrading, shameful, unnatural, indecent and perverted” and “inconsistent with God’s holy purposes in creation and redemption.”It seems that, according to the findings of this report, the anti-LGBTQ hate group has its own share of the impure, the degrading, and the shameful.Let us close with a select reading from the good book herself:Jeremiah 23:10-12 state, “The prophets follow an

Princeton University. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal eviction moratorium allowed people who suffered economic losses to stay in their homes and avoid settings where the virus spread.

Gemma Collins has pulled out of her role in West End musical Chicago following a knee injury.

Oliver Sim, vocalist and bass player for The xx, recently revealed that he’s been living with HIV since he was 17 years old.In a recent Instagram post, Sim explained the meaning and content surrounding his brand-new solo song, “Hideous.”“I’ve been living with HIV since I was 17 and it’s played with how I’ve felt towards myself, and how I’ve assumed others have felt towards me, from that age and into my adult life. So, quite impulsively, I wrote about it on a song called ‘Hideous,’” he wrote.Sim continued:“Since writing ‘Hideous,’ I’ve spent the last two years having conversations, which was difficult and uncomfortable to start with, but has allowed me to feel a lot freer and has only strengthened my relationship with myself and with the people in my life.” Despite still being an active part of The xx, Sim has also been releasing music in 2022 as a solo artist.

SuperNature premiered on the streaming service today and it’s drawing fierce backlash for its profoundly and graphically transphobic “jokes.”A few minutes into the special, Gervais launches into his first salvo against trans women. “Oh, women!” he begins. “Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones.

"If we don't know ourselves, how shall we ever know anyone else?" is one of the quotes featured in the new exhibit at the GLBT History Museum, "Out In The World: Ireland's LGBTQ+ Diaspora." The exhibit formally convened on May 14 with introductory remarks from the Society's Interim Co-Executive Director Andrew Shaffer, California Senator Scott Wiener, Consul General of Ireland Robert O'Driscoll, and Irish Green Party politician Catherine Martin, who is Ireland's Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media, followed by a reception at the Castro's Blush Wine Bar."Across the generations, Irish LGBTQ people have emigrated and found opportunities to live and love abroad. Yet this journey was rarely a simple transition from an oppressive island to a liberal wider world.

according to Library of Congress (LOC).Few establishments welcomed LGBTQ+ people in 1950s and 1960s in the United States and those venues were considered illegal. The venues that did accommodate LGBTQ+ people were often owned by the Mafia during that time, due to their illegal nature.The Stonewall Uprising was a pivotal moment for the Gay Liberation Movement in America.

So, The Time Traveler’s Wife is a show to which I haven’t really been paying much attention. I mean, Rose Leslie is lovely, Theo James is notably dreamy—and apparently quite frequently naked in this show! But also, the reviews have been… not great.Then this happened:I had no intention of watching The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO Max but then I saw this clip where the lead character goes back in time to give himself head and now I’m like….

Pride season is nearly in full swing, and that means virtually every company (except Chick-fil-a) will soon roll out their annual rainbow-tinted initiatives. State Farm insurance company appears to have tripped out of the gate.Less than 24 hours after it became public, the company has abandoned a program to distribute LGBTQ-themed books to teachers, community centers, and libraries following a right-wing outrage campaign.Just hours after news outlets started covering the book initiative, an internal email went out to all State Farm agents and staff members announcing the cancelation.Victor Terry, chief diversity officer and vice president of public affairs, told employees State Farm would back out of its partnership with GenderCool, an organization that promotes LGBTQ teaching via speaking events, mentorship programs, DEI/HR consulting, and advising for parents of transgender children.“Conversations about gender and identity should happen at home with parents,” the email, obtained and published by the homophobic Libs of TikTok account, read.

Well, here we go again.Netflix decided to give Dave Chappelle a break this week by giving trans people a different aggressive funnyman to endure (though Chappelle is doing his best to keep focus). Ricky Gervais’ new stand-up special SuperNature wastes no time in getting to calling trans women “the new women” and more specifically “the ones with beards and c*cks.”Following the wildfire notoriety of Chappelle’s transphobic special The Closer, it seems both Netflix and Gervais were desperate enough for engagement to go for the target that’s been proven to cause controversy.Netflix allegedly ordered the SuperNature special for some $20,000,000, which seems like quite a bit for the streaming giant to shell out for Gervais’ repetitive jokes. This latest release comes in the face of a steadily declining user base for the streaming giant and a mass of layoffs that impacted a lot of the queer creatives who had worked for Netflix, and it’s hard to imagine too much queer goodwill is still left for the company.Gervais ended his transphobic segment with a pretty cognitively dissonant statement: “In real life, I support trans rights.

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The far right-wing activist whose work helped ignite millions of Americans into fighting against the specter of something they had never heard before and knew nothing about is now bragging about turning his tactics against corporate America’s support for the LGBTQ community – and he’s just issued a warning, or, some might say, a threat.

Vanessa Vanjie Mateo is set to have 18 men vying for her love in her brand new dating show, Vanjie: 24 Hours of Love.

State Farm Insurance encouraged agents to donate books to Florida schools encouraging acceptance of LGBTQ+ youth. The move came to light following passage of the controversial don’t say gay law signed in March by Gov.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating five monkeypox cases in the United States, while the World Health Organization has now confirmed more than 90 cases in a dozen countries. So far, these cases have "mainly but not exclusively been identified amongst men who have sex with men," according to the WHO.Experts stress that monkeypox does not spread as easily as COVID-19 and they do not expect a pandemic of that scale.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentSpecialty U.S. distributors Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures have acquired Italian director Pasquale Marrazzo’s LGBTQ drama “The Neighbor” for release in North America from Rome-based Coccinelle Film Sales.“The Neighbor” (which is titled “Hotel Milano” in Italy) is about two young men who are in love but get bullied by a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads that makes their life impossible as hatred and intolerance seeps into the rapport between their respective families.It’s the fifth feature written and directed by Marrazzo whose debut “South of the Sun” launched from Toronto’s Discovery section in 2001.

The Advocate reported two weeks ago, Bradley Curry was facing the prospect of going across the Boonville High School graduation stage after the principal addressed him by a name he no longer recognized or skipping the day and maintaining his dignity instead.Curry had recently announced on his Facebook page that he was considering not attending his high school graduation because the school principal was enforcing his anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-trans beliefs on the local community.He explained that Boonville High School principal Michael Whitten warned the teen and his parents that he would not call Bradley by the name his family, teachers, and friends have called him since he was 12 years old. People from all over the country were outraged by Curry's post and expressed their support and shock, anger, and disgust on social media."This is so sad," one user on Facebook wrote.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.Canadian health authorities are also continuing to investigate “a couple dozen” possible cases throughout the country, including several in the Montreal area.Of the four remaining presumed cases of monkeypox in the United States, two have been reported in Utah, one case has been reported in New York City, and one case in Florida. All four cases were reported in men, whom the CDC believes were exposed to the virus while visiting other countries.Capt.

The lack of transmasc representation within the media is a telling sign of our own interpretations of masculinity within the queer community. There are sprinklings of trans masc experiences on TV, like Leo Sheng in L Word Generation and Brian Michael Smith in 9-1-1. A few personal social media accounts—like those of Schuyler Bailar, J Mase III, and Thomas Page McBee—give many needed lifelines for representation.

Dr. Jill Biden continues to use her platform as First Lady to do good and meaningful work.Last week, FLOTUS traveled to Panama to announce plans for the United States to give $80.9 million in funding for the Americas, including $12.2 million towards expanding access to HIV education and treatment in Panama.Related: Dr. Jill Biden hires a gay decorator to revamp the East Wing because she’s classy like thatThe funding will come from the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a U.S.

Ricky Gervais is facing backlash.

Backstage from their tour rehearsals on Monday evening (23 May), Halsey revealed that their latest single is being stalled by their record company Capitol Records. 

Peggy Ann Griffin Jordan has passed away.Jordan, who joined Instagram during the pandemic, frequently shared stories about his mother as well as photos of her on his social media. He had returned home to Chattanooga, Tenn., to be near her.Peggy Ann died May 17, 2022, with her family by her side, according to an obituary. She was 86.

Here For It — described by The Advocate as "one of the funniest books of the year" — returns with Kings of B'more, a new, joyfully queer celebration of friendship."I think the way that a lot of us learn about love is by loving our friends," Thomas says, "And for queer people, I think that has been the lifeline for a lot of us. Family of choice is a huge component of queer life. Family of choice starts with finding one person who is your friend and your introduction to a larger scene or a larger way of understanding yourself." Kings of B'more follows two Black, queer 16-year-olds who have to figure out what their friendship will look like when one of them breaks the news that he's suddenly moving out of state.

Ronen Rubinstein is enjoying some much-deserved R&R in Milan after finishing up 9-1-1: Lone Star season three on Fox, but he’s not the only one taking in the idyllic view.Taking to Twitter, the 28-year-old Israeli actor shared a clip of himself jumping into a pool sans suit, captioning it “La Dolce Vita,” aka “the sweet life.”Rubinstein, whose on-screen relationship with Rafael L.

Fire Island star Conrad Ricamora says the upcoming comedy “does a great job” of capturing queer joy.

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national tracking poll of 4,410 adults conducted between April 20-23 in the aftermath of Florida’s “don’t say gay” law by Morning Consult.The poll found that 68 percent of all respondents strongly or somewhat supported sexual education being taught in K-12 schools, with only 23 percent of those polled opposed. Those numbers include both Democrat and Republican respondents.There was far less support for teaching the history of the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement in K-12 schools.

News broke on Friday, May 20, that Austria is putting an end to restrictions regarding LGBTQ+ individuals who wish to donate blood. “We are putting an end to discrimination from another age,” said the Green Party Health Minister, Johannes Rauch, in a statement that revealed the forthcoming regulations. “If someone wants to help by donating, […]

Ricky Gervais’ new comedy special SuperNature was released on Netflix just hours ago, but he’s already getting a lot of heat over his graphic jokes mocking the trans community.

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Learning your child has a disability can be a cause for huge concern, and at some points, be both physically and mentally exhausting. It is common for parents to feel alone and isolated from the rest of the world, so read on to find out how one couple  developed the Diffability podcast to create a […]

In an increasingly digital world, most of us have access to and use multiple apps on our phones on a daily basis. Our data is often collected and shared by companies behind those apps. A case in point is dating apps- popular means for LGBTQ+ people to connect and socialise. For LGBTQ+ people, personal data […]

Ricky Gervais is stirring up controversy once again.

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Senator Rand Paul is being widely condemned for remarks he made Tuesday during a Senate hearing with Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The comments have been blasted as “propaganda” for Russian President Vladimir Putin.Emphasizing his opposition to Ukraine becoming part of NATO, Paul argued that U.S.