Suspect in Oslo Pride Month Shooting Refuses to Talk to Police

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About 1,700 people had been infected with monkeypox in France, Health Minister François Braun said on Monday.

Just in case Liam Payne had any question about who One Direction was formed around and how the whole thing happened, X Factor UK is making things very, very clear!

Billy Eichner knows he has a pretty skewed view of identity and what it’s like to grow up gay.In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the Bros star shared that he was privileged to grow up in New York with “very liberal, accepting parents” that “knew who [he] was very early on.”In fact, thanks in part to his supportive and encouraging family, Eichner claims he didn’t experience homophobia until he was in his twenties, when he was first trying to get his career off the ground—and it came from his own manager!“In 2006, I had a manager who represented a lot of Broadway talent,” Eichner recalled. “She’s a fairly well known manager who represents a lot of famous people.

It seems like these gay Texas conservatives have finally figured out that maybe, just maybe, the GOP will never be on their side.Despite their decades of trying to advocate for queer Texans in the republican party, the Texas Log Cabin Republicans have never so much as been allowed a booth at the Texas GOP Convention.Now, after years of its being removed, anti-LGBTQ language has been reinstated to the Texas GOP platform, dashing the little progress the party had made in recent years.In a new article out of the Texas Tribune, former Texas Log Cabin Republican leadership has spoken on the party’s time with the greater Texas GOP and the reasons they finally gave up the ghost.The party’s first president, Paul von Wupperfeld, admits that they “failed to moderate the Republican party.”“I’m glad we tried, and I think we did the right thing by trying,” von Wupperfeld states. “We’re actually going the other way, faster and faster.”Though he helped start this republican organization, von Wupperfeld says he hasn’t voted republican since 2000.“I didn’t believe it could succeed anymore.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed rules prohibiting discrimination against persons of any race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability in certain health programs and activities.In specific federally funded health programs and HHS programs, the proposed rule would fortify civil rights protections weakened in the 2020 version of the rule under the Trump administration, according to an agency press release.As part of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, the proposed rule restates protection against discrimination based on gender, including sexual orientation and gender identity, as outlined in Bostock v.

RIP Paul Sorvino, 83. If you haven't seen GoodFellas, you're really not trying. But have you ever seen Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974)? In this obscure TV movie, Sorvino plays a regular guy chosen randomly by a sex kitten (JoAnna Cameron, who died last year) ... and is raped by her ... as a li'l prank. Unreal:

Last week we learned the very relatable (and hilarious) way John Osborne found out his brother, T.J., was gay.The country stars make up the group The Brothers Osborne, and besides the embarrassing reveal, we also caught a glimpse of how great an ally John is.The bros have been vocal about the current right-wing push to revisit gay marriage rights in the wake of Clarence Thomas’ now-infamous concurring opinion when the Court struck down Roe, and they’re not backing down.After re-tweeting one message that states country and bluegrass performer Clarence White was greater than Clarence Thomas (fact)…Clarence White > Clarence Thomas— Sadler Vaden (@SadlerVaden) July 1, 2022…and another from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg criticizing the 157 House Republicans who voted against the Respect of Marriage Act that came next…It’s 2022, and 157 House Republicans just voted against marriage equality.That’s where they come down on this issue. In 2022.— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) July 19, 2022…it was obvious where John and T.J. stood on the issues.Related: Country crooner TJ Osborne on the unexpected response to his coming outBut poor ‘ole Todd was triggered by the brothers’ show of human decency.

The Associated Press.In the second incident, which occurred in central Berlin at around 3:15 a.m. on Sunday morning, a group of eight people confronted and yelled homophobic slurs at a 32-year-old man.

Jaboukie Young-White‘s birthday, and yet, he’s the one giving us a gift.On Sunday, the former Daily Show correspondent celebrated turning 28 with an Instagram post that had our mirrors fogging up. In fact, the photo is so hot that our site guidelines stipulate we can’t actually embed the full thing here, so we’ll just do a kindness and drop you a link.Go ahead, click it! We’ll even give you a few minutes to look and then catch your breath.*patiently taps fingers on desk, checks watch periodically*All better? Good!We thought we were going to have a nice, quiet Sunday until Young-White decided to go ahead and nearly break the internet with that mirror shot. Everybody say, “Thank you, Leo king!”Of course, the star’s comment section lit up, with many of his colleagues, friends, and fans dropping by to express their support—and thirst.

Human Rights Campaign. Jaquarie Allen, 22, of August has been charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, local news station WACH reports, which deadnamed Geter.Allen may face additional charges, the outlet notes. The station reports that Geter’s family has begun promoting a “transgender lives matter” movement in the wake of Geter’s death.In a message posted on YouTube, Geter’s mother, Michelle Jordan, said, “no one should ever take somebody’s life because of what they are.”Tori Cooper, Human Rights Campaign’s director of community engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative, condemned the killing.“Keshia Chanel Geter lived her truth as a Black transgender woman.

A new regulation proposed by the Biden administration seeks to ensure non-discrimination in health care settings for women who have had abortions and LGBTQ people at a time when monkeypox cases continue to increase and fears persist after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

her. At that point, she is faced with a choice: she can either give up her life in the city, her career as a well-paid (usually Parisian) escort, and all her friends to be with some dude, or she can be practical. Her practicality usually gets her judged and hated by the dude in question, and the reader as well.

Texas embarrassment Ted Cruz has once again supplied detractors with top tier dunking fodder.Cruz unveiled a new identity at a Turning Point event on Friday, saying, “I’m Ted Cruz, and my pronoun is ‘kiss my a**’.”I’m Ted Cruz, and my pronoun is… “kiss my ass”!#SAS2022 @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/G8n82uh2CH— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 23, 2022And you know what? Sure, let’s go with that!After all, the last thing we would want to do is disrespect kiss a** pronouns. Kiss my a** may be an ignorant, spineless, hypocritical mess, but if Cruz wants to go by kiss my a**, who are we to hold the senator back from such a passion?Related: Ted Cruz says Supreme Court “clearly wrong” on same-sex marriage rulingFolks over on Twitter weren’t quite as gracious to these new pronouns, but also acknowledged that Cruz’s a** identity is nothing new.i guess enough people have said “kiss my ass ted cruz” at this point that he figured it would be easier this way https://t.co/h2cryMhztP— Kenny Logins (@KennethLogins) July 23, 2022So, Ted Cruz, in speaking to students, pretended to some fake machismo, attacking his imaginary enemies by taunting them to “kiss my ass,” even though Cruz is a spineless coward who grovels at Trump’s feet & obediently kisses Trump’s ass.— Charles Campisi (@1813Doncarlo) July 23, 2022Every media outlet that interviews Ted Cruz, from now on, MUST show “Ted Cruz (Kiss My Ass), R- Tex.” on the chyron.His rules.— Keith Fitzgerald (@keithmfitz) July 23, 2022“Well, I’m Ted Cruz, and my pronoun is kiss my ass.”No, Ted, you syphilitic chode, if anything your pronoun is “ass kisser”.As in, “Donald Trump called my wife ugly and I’m still kissing his ass every chance I get.

After it was announced that two children in the U.S. have contracted monkeypox, GOP Rep.

The Hollywood Reporter notes. It was also her first appearance at the fabled Rhode Island festival in 53 years.Mitchell, now 78, has kept a low profile since suffering a brain aneurysm in 2015.

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Monday afternoon announced her positive COVID diagnosis. She is the fourth member of the Senate in recent days to test positive for COVID-19. Hours earlier Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) also announced he had tested positive for COVID. On Thursday Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) announced he had tested positive and was isolating for five days. That same day Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) announced her positive test, but she returned to work Monday.

posted it on his Facebook wall and wrote, “I received a disturbing email yesterday from a person who was upset about the forecast. After 30 years I can stand and accept the criticism when I get it wrong.

Interview With A Vampire, based on the acclaimed novel from gothic horror queen Anne Rice, which looks like it’ll finally give the story’s queer subtext a chance in the sun (er, maybe we’ll think of another metaphor there since vampires can’t survive the daylight).Rice’s tale of ageless, brooding vampires was famously brought to the big screen in 1994 with the Neil Jordan film of the same name. With Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in the lead roles—both at peak hotness—the story of their “courtship” and undead lives together was responsible for countless sexual awakenings for queers of certain age.And while we’ll never forget the image of Cruise’s Lestat going to to town on the neck of Pitt’s Louie, the movie stopped just shy of really going there and giving the gays everything they want.Related: ‘Freddy’s Revenge’, and 10 other screamingly sexy queer Halloween horror filmsThat’s why the new Interview With A Vampire has us feeling batty: In the first-look trailer that premiered this weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, the series appears to lean into the homoeroticism that’s been part of the story all along.

Noted intellectual Logan Paul shared his review of Jordan Peele’s new film Nope over the weekend, and the response has been amazing.The sci-fi horror is Peele’s highly anticipated follow-up to 2019’s Us and 2017’s zeitgeist-defining, Oscar-winning Get Out. The star of the latter, Daniel Kaluuya, reunites with the writer-director in Nope, and is joined by Keke “Queen of Memes” Palmer and Minari‘s Steve Yeun.In a series of tweets, Paul labeled the film, “one of the worst movies I’ve seen in a long time.”“NOPE” is one of the worst movies I’ve seen in a long time.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 25, 2022) — The following can be attributed to Kierra Johnson, Executive Director, National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund: CONTACT:Cathy Renna, Communications Director, National LGBTQ Task Force, 917-757-6123, crenna@thetaskforce.org The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice, and equality for LGBTQ people. We are building a future where everyone can be free to be their entire selves in every aspect of their lives.

Tim Westwood faced a bullying allegation while he worked as a DJ at BBC Radio 1, reports claim.Earlier this month, another 10 women claimed they are victims of sexual misconduct by Westwood, with one alleging he had sex with her when she was 14.Westwood previously strongly denied other allegations of sexual misconduct, with his reps saying in a past statement: ‘Tim Westwood strongly denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour.‘In a career that has spanned 40 years, there have never been any complaints made against him officially or unofficially.

Zack Sharf Joe Rogan pushed back against claims that he’s a “secret conservative,” saying on a recent episode of his Spotify podcast that Republicans’ opposition to gay marriage is one reason he’s not a conservative (via Mediaite). Chatting with comedian Andrew Schulz, Rogan defended gay marriage and slammed Republicans such as Ted Cruz for wanting to ban it. Rogan described himself as “a bleeding heart liberal” on several topics.“It’s not just abortion rights, but now they’re going after gay marriage too, which is so strange to me,” Rogan said.

It has been a minute since the “PUT YOUR FUCKING PAWS UP!” disco stick-wielding Lady Gaga made her mark on stages around the world. The pop icon’s signature extraterrestrial aesthetic and thumping dance beats memorably took a hiatus for brief expeditions into jazz and country, while her foray into acting saw her take on roles as a chic bloodsucker and nightclub singer-songwriter who will, sadly, never love again.

headlines in May for his threats against the LGBTQ+ community and its allies, is now taking his “advocacy” to PetSmart.The right-wing anti-vaxxer formerly shared in a video that he was going to “make massive scenes” in various stores – like Target and Sunny's Hair and Wigs – to ensure that “corporate” does not “poison the children.”"If you support the LGBT agenda, you're not safe," he previously said.Now, enforcing his “beliefs” on the land of pets, in a clip shared by Patriot Takes, Schmidt demanded that a PetSmart employee take down the Pride flag as it “supports pedophilia and child sexualization.”The employee called a manager to the front, who assured him that they weren't going to take it down.“We are supportive of LGBTQ+ people here,” he said.“The real rainbow is from God,” Scmhidt-Crockett declared in the video, which has amassed over two million views. “That’s the rainbow of Satan.”“Thank you for coming by and sharing that with us,” the manager calmly added, before asking him to leave.“We’re going to have the Pride flag up.

This just in: Come January, Madison Cawthorn will no longer have his congressional salary and could be quite literally jobless, penniless, and facing the prospect of criminal charges.Related: Madison Cawthorn lands starring role in his very own ethics investigationAccording to The Daily Beast, the outgoing, one-term congressman maybe probably violated campaign laws with his “outrageous” spending of campaign funds meant to be used during his now-defunct general election campaign, including blowing thousands of dollars on dining at the vehemently anti-LGBTQ fastfood chain Chick-fil-a and at least three shopping sprees at a high-end cigar shop.  A post shared by Madison Cawthorn (@madisoncawthorn)An anonymous campaign source says the anti-LGBTQ GOP Representative’s campaign was so strapped for cash during the end of his failed primary that it was forced to dip into general fund money.Related: Madison Cawthorn, thoroughly humiliated, just flipped on Donald Trump in the most pathetic wayUnfortunately, election laws forbid those funds from being spent until the general election. If a candidate loses their primary, as Cawthorn did, the money must be returned to donors.

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized Republicans’ dismissal of the importance of a bill codifying the legality of same-sex marriage Sunday, as Democrats search for enough Republican support in the Senate to pass the bill all the way through Congress. After the US House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act in the […]

A Danish monkeypox vaccine has been approved following WHO (World Health Organisation) declaring the current outbreak of the virus as a ‘global health emergency’. In a statement released last Saturday, July 23, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organisation, declared “I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health […]

Dublin’s newest and most original queer cabaret ‘EGG’ is hatching this August, and you might just get a spot in the nest for free! Enter our competition below for the chance to win two tickets to the fun, funky and totally fresh event. “We wanted to throw a party. A big, massive, unapologetically queer party […]

The congregation of a 106-year-old church in Michigan that was ordered to rescind the ordination of an LGBTQ+ deacon is appealing the decision by its denomination's leadership.The Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids is imploring the Christian Reformed Church of America not to remove her. The deacon is in a same-sex marriage and has expressed her desire to continue serving on the deacon board of the church, according to the Religion News Service. The small 165-year-old Dutch Calvinist denomination's annual synod gathered earlier this month. During the meeting, it decided the Michigan church should reverse course.The vote over the deacon came as the denomination examined its theology on human sexuality.

A Newsmax host on Thursday celebrated the end of Pride Month, declaring anti-LGBTQ attacks, marginalization, discrimination, and bullying in the past, claiming Americans were required to display the LGBTQ Pride flag or risk getting “in trouble,” while lamenting the concept of “pride” as exclusionary and “a negative thing.”

A gunman intimidated patrons Sunday at a Nevada library hosting Drag Queen Story Time. A man with an armed rifle interrupted the event at the library in Sparks, where children had assembled to enjoy reading.Before the panic, local drag queen Miss Ginger Devine read to children at the Washoe County Library System's Sparks location while Proud Boys members protested.Wearing the militia's colors of yellow and black, the group carried placards that read, "Stop sexualizing children! Shame on you for trading your kids just to look 'woke.' Woke is broke."After 11:30 a.m., the Sparks Police Department was made aware of a protest outside the library where someone claimed to have been assaulted, according to a statement to The Advocate. The alleged victim declined to file charges, so the police did not pursue the matter further, the statement said.Less than two hours later, police received a call about an armed person at the same location. "Sparks Police arrived on scene and contacted the reporting person," a spokesperson for the department wrote. "The reporting person stated the subject with the gun had left prior to officers' arrival."Officers determined the gun owner held the weapon lawfully and did not threaten anyone.

Skipper and Ping, two male penguins at the Berlin Zoo, tried their hand at parenting. A pair of gay African penguins in the Netherlands stole an egg laid by a female penguin in the same exhibit space and attempted to raise it as their own.

In Mexico City, hundreds of same-sex couples were married on Friday, marking the first Pride parade since the pandemic forced the city's annual mass ceremony to be postponed two years ago due to health concerns.A live band played traditional tunes like Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" as couples exchanged their vows, the Associated Press reports. The city's government hosted the large-scale wedding ceremony in its civil registry plaza as part of its annual Pride Month celebrations. Around 100 same-sex couples traveled hundreds of miles to attend the event.Since 2010, 26 out of the 32 states in the country have legalized same-sex marriages.Mexico is one of three Latin American countries with the highest number of same-sex marriages, along with Brazil and Argentina.

statement.Amnesty Turkey called the ban “unlawful” under international human rights agreements.Last week, Istabul districts of Beyoglu and Kadikoy prohibited Pride-related events. The local governors of the districts said doing so was to protect the areas, according to NPR.Istanbul Pride organizers released a statement after this year’s ban was announced.

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.

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.

Associated Press 06/26/2022 04:24 PM EDT Link CopiedOSLO, Norway — The suspect in a mass shooting during an LGBTQ festival in Norway has refused to explain his actions to investigators and will remain in pretrial custody for the next four weeks, police and his defense lawyer said Sunday.The man, whom authorities described as a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen originally from Iran, — was arrested shortly after the shooting in Oslo’s nightlife district early Saturday. He is being held on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and terrorism.Two people were killed and more than 20 were injured in what the Norwegian security service called an “Islamist terror act.”Oslo police said they tried to question the suspect on Saturday and again on Sunday without success.

LGBTIQ+ Norwegians gathered for a “spontaneous” Oslo Pride march following Saturday’s deadly shooting (Photos: Anna Riksaasen)

Philadelphia arrested a man they say killed his gay lover and left the burning corpse in a local park in an effort to hide the pair’s sexual relationship.Kylen Pratt, 20, was taken into custody Wednesday, June 15, and charged with the murder of Naasir Johnson, 20, whose charred remains were discovered just after noon on February 20 on a cobblestone trail in Fairmount Park.Police believe the two men were romantically involved and Pratt, known locally as 29th Street Rich, killed the openly gay Naasir after the man threatened to go public with their relationship, according to Metro Weekly.Johnson’s grandmother, Cynthia Johnson, told the Philadelphia Inquirer she had raised Naasir since he was a year old and that the two still lived and shared their meals together ever since. Her grandson’s murder has left her devasted, she said.“I’m in the process of trying to move because it was just him and me here, together,” she told the Inquirer. “Every time I wake up and see his picture and I start crying.

Oslo Pride has been cancelled following a deadly shooting near a gay bar that Norwegian police are investigating as a possible terrorist attack.

Two people were killed in the horror attack on patrons of the London Pub on the eve of Oslo Pride (Photo: www.travelgay.com)

OSLO — Hours after a shooting early Saturday in Norway’s capital that killed two people and seriously wounded at least 10, the police said they were treating it as a terrorist attack. The shooting happened near a popular gay club in downtown Oslo, hours before the city was scheduled to hold its annual Pride parade. Theevent’s organizers later said they had canceled the parade and other events connected to a 10-day Pride festival at the suggestion of the police.

Pride.The victims were shot near the London Pub, a popular gay nightclub in the city’s center, according to Sky News. The outlet reports that police arrested a suspect close to the club soon after the shootings.London Pub calls itself the “gay headquarters since 1979,” local news NRK reports.

said on Twitter that "two people have been confirmed dead in the shooting episode" and that a suspect had been arrested near the scene shortly after the incident.Tore Barstad of the Oslo police said that a total of 10 people were receiving medical care following the shooting, including three people who were seriously injured, according to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). The incident reportedly took place at the London Pub, a popular gay club in central Oslo."I saw a man come to the place with a bag, he picked up a weapon and started firing," said NRK reporter Olav Rønneberg, who witnessed the shooting.

overturn Roe v. Wade, meaning any state can now ban abortion.With such distressing news sweeping the nation, Pride Today correspondent Stephen Walker took the streets of Provincetown, Mass., to get reactions.“It just felt like a physical blow to my body,” one person said.

North Carolina was disrupted by members of the local Proud Boys group, but reports differ as to the severity of the protest and the actions of the local sheriff.The incident took place Tuesday in a private room at the Pine Valley Library in Wilmington where local drag queens were reading stories to children. Deputies from the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office (NHCSO) were called after reported members of the Cape Fear Proud Boys demonstrated outside the library.

Massachusetts Catholic school can no longer call itself Catholic after a local bishop declared that its Pride and Black Lives Matter flags were incongruent with church teachings.In April, Bishop Robert McManus issued a statement opposing Nativity School of Worcester's display of Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ Pride flags.  By doing so, he expected the school to comply and remove the flags, but administrators have refused.Now, McManus has forbidden the school from identifying as Catholic.On Thursday, the Diocese of Worcester posted a decree about Nativity School on its website."The Nativity School of Worcester is prohibited from this time forward from identifying itself as a ‘Catholic’ school and may no longer use the title ‘Catholic’ to describe itself," McManus declared.In an open letter published in May, he claimed that "These symbols (flags) embody specific agendas or ideologies (that) contradict Catholic social and moral teaching." His issue with the school's Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ Pride flags is that they send a message of support."It is my contention that the 'Gay Pride' flag represents support of gay marriage and actively living a LGBTQ+ lifestyle," McManus notes.While seemingly invalidating the social justice movement, he explains his opposition to the Black Lives Matter flags.