SF safety officers raise Pride flag

japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites. If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see this support page.

Broadway Bares is back!

Lovestruck High star Alex Dean shared his thoughts on Love Island’s lack of LGBTQ+ representation.

A Russian court has scheduled the start date for Brittney Griner’s upcoming criminal trial.

A perennially popular meme quote reminds us that the United States was built on drag: “If you think it’s weird for grown men to put on wigs, heels, rouge, and stockings… I have bad news for you about the founding fathers.”Happy Fourth ?? pic.twitter.com/qBWmubXi1B— Amy Siskind ???? (@Amy_Siskind) July 4, 2021Related: Cookie metaphor perfectly shuts down religious objections to same-sex marriageIndeed, powdered wigs were an indicator of wealth around the time those 56 dudes signed the Declaration of Independence, according to Mental Floss, and the American Battlefield Trust reports that John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe all wore wigs.And yes, men also wore rouge in the 1700s, per Gizmodo. Just look at that famous portrait of George Washington, and you’ll see some suspiciously rosy cheeks.Related: This is the perfect clapback for the idea that gayness is a ‘choice’Anyway, there’s no word on the mastermind behind this meme, but it appeared on iFunny back in 2019, and it’s been quoted on social media countless times since.In fact, Paul Deasy, the mayor of Flagstaff, Arizona, tweeted a version of the quote in 2021, as he told his populace that the drag-queen story hour at the local library would continue.Drag Queen Story Hour at the Library will continue.

George Michael’s incredible back catalogue has been made available in Spatial Audio for the first time, and is available to stream on Apple Music now.

Related: Rightwing TV host calls Joe Biden “the Groomer-in-Chief” because he’s pro-LGBTQSteinberg went on to attempt to connect the flag with the town’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.“Huntington Beach is the town of good old-fashioned hard-working American people. People who worked all through the COVID lockdown!” she shouts to the camera.“Yes, that’s right.

Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, thus allowing states to restrict of ban abortion.The ruling is devastating given that many LGBTQ+ people do undergo unintended or problematic pregnancies and therefore seek abortion, and also because conservative forces may soon go after other rights that have been recognized by the Supreme Court, including the rights to contraception, private consensual sex, and marriage to a partner of one’s choice.

fine—just look at him!Leung has been acting steadily since the early ’80s, and is widely considered to be one of China’s most celebrated performers. With timeless good looks and an alluring screen presence, he’s headlined a number of stone-cold classics, including John Woo’s influential action epic Hard Boiled and Ang Lee’s searing Lust, Caution.

As Pride Month 2022 nears its end, we’re pretty used to seeing brands take to social media to demonstrate their allyship with rainbow-fied logos and queer-friendly Twitter speak. But we don’t quite know what to make of the latest from the @NutterButter account:N is for the way you nut at me— Nutter Butter (@NutterButter) June 27, 2022Gay rights! We… guess?It’s pretty clear that Nabisco’s famous peanut-butter cookie sandwich is playing off of the lyrics of “L-O-V-E,” the Nat King Cole classic.

When life is difficult, Samaritans are here – day or night, 365 days a year. You can call them for free on 116 123, email them at jo@samaritans.org, or visit samaritans.org to find your nearest branch.James texted his mum to reveal he was gay, before turning off his phone and running away from home for two days.When he switched his mobile back on, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his mum didn’t care about his sexuality, but was simply worried about where he was.James, now 24, later came out to the rest of his family on his personal Facebook page, and was ‘astonished’ at the positive reaction.‘I got a lot of encouraging comments from other Travellers saying things like “fair play” which was really nice to see,’ he said.It wasn’t until James joined Tiktok that his sexual orientation became a problem to others in his community.He’s been branded a ‘disgrace to the Traveller community’ by those outraged by his decision to go against tradition.The 24-year-old faces a slew of online ‘trolls’ in the comment sections of many of his videos.He said: ‘I’ve been told I bring shame to the Traveller community.

cloaking Kim Kardashian in caution tape — is making headlines with a pair of ribbed jersey briefs. The high-waisted, made-in-Italy undies leave a lot to the imagination and aren’t what most would consider hot, but they will set you back a cool $225. And, they’re dry clean only.

The Associated Press, which WPATH provided with an advance copy of its update ahead of publication in a medical journal later this year, the group acknowledged some risks associated with beginning gender-affirming care at younger ages, but stressed that each patient being treated for gender dysphoria must be judged on an individual basis, rather than a strict set of one-size-fits-all guidelines. WPATH also called it “unethical” and “harmful” to withhold gender-affirming treatments from youth who identify as transgender. Youth who do not identify with their assigned sex at birth may start on drugs known as “puberty blockers” which temporarily prevent the development of secondary sex characteristics that may lead to heightened feelings of gender dysphoria.

Piers Morgan has slammed Tom Daley for his comments about transgender athletes after a trans woman, 29, beat a 13-year-old girl in a skateboarding contest.Ricci Tres, who was born male but who now identifies as a woman, finished first ahead of previous winner Shiloh Catori in the women's field of the Boardr Open in New York over the weekend.Reacting to the news on Twitter, Morgan sarcastically wrote: "Tom Daley’s furious that this isn’t happening more…" Daley had addressed the recent decision by FINA - the governing body for international water sports - to ban transgender athletes at the British LGBT Awards on Friday (June 24).READ MORE: Transgender and non-binary footballers to choose between men's or women's in GermanyHe said: "I was furious. You know, like most queer people, anyone that's told they can't compete or can't do something they love just because of who they are, it's not on."It's something I feel really strongly about.

KMIZ. At least three people have been transported to University Hospital in Columbus.Local NBC affiliate KSHB reported the train was traveling at approximately 90 mph as it approached Marceline, Missouri, just before 2:41 p.m.

With Eminem, you either love or hate him, primarily if you identify as a member or ally of the queer community. Despite his alleged support for same-sex marriage, the rapper has long used homophobic slurs in his music.

Drag Race Down Under stars have slammed the rumour that RuPaul was absent from filming the show’s first season.

Rachel Maddow who will move to host her eponymous show only on Monday nights.Wagner, 44, is a veteran political reporter with time spent at progressive news and opinion outlets, according to the New York Times. She even used to host a daytime news show for the network. Wagner rejoined the network earlier this year as a senior political analyst.

Longtime lesbian artist Debra Walker's nomination to the San Francisco Police Commission moved forward June 26, with the Board of Supervisors rules committee sending it to the full board but without a recommendation.District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan, who sits on the committee, said during the meeting that she would not be supporting Walker's nomination because she wanted someone with more experience in police reform work.Walker, 69, was nominated by Mayor London Breed June 1 to replace Malia Cohen, a former supervisor and current elected member of the state Board of Equalization. Cohen stepped down earlier this year as she's running for state controller.

Monkeypox virus has been in the news as the number of cases in the Los Angeles area and across the country is on the rise, according to data from the California Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill couldn't be more supportive of their daughter, Gracie, 25, and have embraced the independent and strong-willed person she has become.MORE: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw steal the show with very glam red carpet appearanceThe performer took to social media to share a message with fans symbolizing her ideals in honor of it being Pride weekend.VIDEO: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw's love storyAlong with a selfie of herself wearing a cream colored T-shirt and shorts, she posted a statement to her followers that read: "Happy pride!!!"I will never stop being loud for LGBTQIA+, POC, AAPI, or WOMXNS rights. It is so incredibly important to get out and vote.

The One That Got Away are finally going to get the answers to those questions — and discover if the one they were really meant to be with was someone they’d already met.Leading the six contestants through this radical dating experiment is musician Betty Who, who shares how moved she was watching the participants be so vulnerable, and how it led her to question if perhaps, if she were single, she might want to go on a similar journey. “Let me level with you.

Jessica Chastain is seeing real improvements in equality for women.

Topics: Aaon, Actor, Film/TV/Stream, Trans Rights More Posts About: Elliot Page, Transgender

Kellyanne Conway‘s book of alternative facts has only been out for a month and it’s already vanished from the New York Times best seller list and seen a steep–very steep–decline in sales, even after being deeply discounted on Amazon.Related: Kellyanne Conway’s book bombs with 93% sales drop and 50% markdown just three weeks after release“Here’s the Deal” hit #1 on the NYT nonfiction best seller list the first week of its release, selling a respectable 25,000 copies. By week two, however, sales dropped to 8,000 copies.

New York Times reports.The Olympic gold medalist and WNBA champion, 31, did not speak at the court hearing Monday in the Moscow Suburb of Khimik.Boikov told the Times that Griner’s trial could take up to two months. He added that Griner hasn’t made any complaints about her time in the detention center where she’d been kept.

As the first in-person Pride parade and festival since 2019 was winding down June 26, the celebration was cut short after someone sprayed what may have been Mace into a crowd outside the main stage at Civic Center. That followed a melee only a few moments before.Police were informed around 5:25 p.m. — 35 minutes before the event was due to end — of a vocal dispute near the portable toilets and arrived to find a large number of people embroiled in a physical fight. After police broke up that incident, an unidentified woman allegedly let loose on the crowd near the main stage with a can of what SF Pride said was Mace.Performing on the main stage at the time was headliner Martha Wash, who was whisked off stage for safety and had her set ended early. SF Pride officials then decided to cut the event short."It's important we let people know that at the time, it was a person spraying mace into the crowd," SF Pride stated later in a statement issued through social media. "Although no one was harmed, we know it was not a pleasant experience. We decided to cut the performance short in the interest of safety."On Monday Honey Mahogany, who was hosting the main stage of Pride with fellow drag queen Sister Roma, shared video on Twitter of what the Sunday scene looked like from their vantage point. She thanked Pride's security team for how it handled the situation.

National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) in 1995 — to encourage everyone, especially those most at risk, to get tested and know their status. As the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) states, HIV testing is key to ending the epidemic.

The Turtle Creek Chorale announced Thursday that it will now be joined by the Unity Choir, a program of Project Unity, at the two performances of Let Us March On! this Saturday and  Sunday at the Meyerson.

Man of the moment. (Images via Gr8erDays.com)

Advocate cover star, told iNews at a press conference Friday. The iNews piece is available to subscribers only, but several other outlets, including the BBC, have summaries.“You know, like most queer people, anyone that’s told they can’t compete or can’t do something they love just because of who they are, it’s not on,” Daley said.

RuPaul’s Drag Race, fans were bewitched by Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté the minute she stepped into the Werk Room—we just knew she was destined for stardom. Turns out, she had the same effect on Kathy Najimy.As was reported earlier this year, “Ms.

After the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade on Friday, Pride events across the country over the weekend became not only celebrations but protests.Two days before Sunday's 52nd annual New York City march, Justice Clarence Thomas said in his concurrence the Supreme Court should reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing marriage equality.As part of the 2022 NYC Pride Parade,  Planned Parenthood kicked off the event with the honored first spot at the front of the parade.

Birds of a feather: Congresswoman Mary Miller of Illinois and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado, both right-wing Republicans, at a Trump rally in Illinois over the weekend.

“Look, I’m fascinated by Madonna, as is the universe. I’ve had evenings with her. Nothing extensive, but little run-ins with her over the years, and she’s never been particularly… I’m on a weird part of her radar! I’m not quite a target, but I’m not a refuge either.

Advocates for L.G.B.T.Q. rights on Friday sounded the alarm over Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, calling it a potential assault on the legal doctrine protecting a wide array of Americans’ civil rights.

NBC New York.A mother in Brunswick, Maryland, recently performed a similar stunt, checking out all the books from an LGBTQ library display in order to preserve children’s “innocence.”The move prompted outrage from members of the LGBTQ community. “I was horrified by the display of ignorance at last night’s Board meeting,” Brianna Baker-Stines, the president of the library board, said after the vote last Tuesday.

All aboard! Trinity The Train is leaving the station. Next stop: Drag Race herstory.After sewing up a win for this week’s Maxi Challenge, Ms.

Intense video tape of Rudy Giuliani being lightly smacked by a grocery store worker has leaked and wow, what a rough encounter.The former NYC mayor and devout Trumper was shopping at a ShopRite on Staten Island on Sunday afternoon when an employee approached and slapped him on the back.“I was shoulder-to-shoulder with Rudy inside ShopRite,” said witness Rita Rugova-Johnson. “We’re talking, and all of a sudden an employee came out of nowhere and open-handedly slapped him in the back and said, ‘Hey, what’s up scumbag?’“[The attacker] was on duty at the time,” Rugova-Johnson added.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said “fuck Clarence Thomas!” at a Chicago Pride event this week.

Lil Nas X has opened up about his strained relationship with the BET Awards.

Days before the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall uprising on 28 June, hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of New York City on Sunday (26 June) for the annual Pride parade.

Thousands of schools from across the UK participated in the sixth annual School Diversity Week.

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot has never been one to mince words.Over the weekend, the openly lesbian mayor attended Chicago Pride, where she marched in the parade and gave an impassioned speech about Friday’s Supreme Court ruling that saw Roe v Wade overturned.“We will not live in a world, not in my city, where our rights are taken from us or rolled back,” Lightfoot said, before declaring, “F*ck Clarence Thomas!”Video of the moment has been blowing up on Twitter.Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot takes the stage and proclaims, "F*ck Clarence Thomas." pic.twitter.com/fLur8ussTi— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 27, 2022In his concurring opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, Thomas said the Court should also take another look at Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell–cases which established federal protections for contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage, respectively.Related: Clarence Thomas wastes literally no time using Roe decision to attack gay rights“For that reason, in future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell,” he wrote.The Court’s decision to overturn Roe upends nearly 50 years of precedent which allowed abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Company back in 2020, but the pandemic had other plans, delaying the musical’s opening until late last year. Nevertheless, the tenacious cast and producers stuck it out, and Doyle walked with a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical.But Broadway is a business, and despite five Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical, producer Chris Harper announced the show would end its run on July 31.“It remains the honor of a lifetime to bring Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s masterpiece to Broadway in Marianne Elliott’s Tony Award-winning reimagined production,” said Harper in a statement.

Reddit's popular forum, "True Off My Chest" where it received nearly 10,000 upvotes and 700 comments. The post can be found here.The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) defines intersex as an umbrella term for individuals who are "born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male."According to Human Rights Watch, an organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, estimated that 1 in 2,000 babies in the United States are born intersex each year.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentPulsar Content has boarded sales on “Stranizza d’Amuri” (“Fireworks”), the true story about Arcigay, Italy’s first and largest LGBTQ rights group. Produced by Ibla Film (“The Staggering Girl”), the movie marks the feature debut of veteran Italian actor Giuseppe Fiorello (“Terraferma”).A tale of first love, “Fireworks” tells the story of two teenagers who fall for each other in the very conservative Sicily in the 1980s.

supports HTML5 videoMarisya Dranomyrova, 21, is draped in her flag. She says: ‘I left on February 13 before the war started because we knew something was going on.‘I’m going home in two weeks, I’m so homesick.