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▪️ Black, Indigenous & other people of color▪️ the LGBTQ community▪️ immigrants▪️ young people▪️ those working to make ends meet▪️ people with disabilitiesProtecting abortion access is an urgent matter of racial and economic justice.The problem with this idea, as they say, is that it is wrong. The current American ruling class is hardly a monoglot all-white entity: The wealthiest U.S.

Oregon voters now have a chance to elect the first lesbian governor of a West Coast state and could send the first lesbian from the region to Congress following the outcome Tuesday in the state's party primaries.Oregon Speaker of the House Tina Kotek handily won the Democratic gubernatorial primary in the Beaver State. Running against two opponents, Kotek received 57% of the vote according to unofficial returns May 18.

Oregon Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek

Sky Sports Daniels said: "The subject of being gay, or bi or queer in men's football is still a taboo. I think it comes down to how a lot of footballers want to be known for their masculinity.

The Advocate in January. Before entering electoral politics, she was policy advocate at the Oregon Food Bank in Portland, then policy director for Children First for Oregon.The LGBTQ Victory Fund, which had endorsed Kotek, celebrated her victory.

Urvashi Vaid, a lawyer and activist who was a leading figure in the fight for L.G.B.T.Q. equality for more than four decades, died on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 63.

The Biden administration on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.

Pink News. “I want people to feel like they’re connected to a deeper heritage, that they haven’t just emerged from nowhere.

It was meant to be an open-air museum dedicated to Chile’s LGBTQ+ community, but days after the 40-meter (131-foot) mural was completed, vandals defaced its brightly colored panels with dozens of homophobic slurs.

first out member of the LGBTQ+ community to be White House press secretary. She is also the first Black person in the job. Previously principal deputy press secretary, she succeeds Jen Psaki, who left to join MSNBC.

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Pioneering Indian American LGBTQ leader, attorney, and author Urvashi Vaid died May 14. She was 63.Ms. Vaid was a cancer survivor.

Younger star Hilary Duff has opened up about a possible LGBTQ+ romance in her series How I Met Your Father.

Younger star Hilary Duff has opened up about a possible LGBTQ+ romance in her series How I Met Your Father.

(WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 14, 2022) Legendary attorney, LGBTQ activist, and author Urvashi Vaid, known for her extensive career as an advocate for LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, anti-war efforts, immigration justice and many other social causes, died today at age 63 in her home in New York City. She was the Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force from 1989 to 1992 and served prior to that as Media Director. “We are devastated at the loss of one of the most influential progressive activists of our time,” said Kierra Johnson, current Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force.

Adrian Lester, a British actor from Birmingham and the son of two immigrants from Jamaica, was nominated last week for a Tony Award for his performance in “The Lehman Trilogy” as Emanuel Lehman, one of the German-born Jewish founders of the fallen investment behemoth Lehman Brothers. Lester, like the other actors in the three-man play, takes on several parts, including female characters and at one point, a thumb-sucking toddler. There has been no outcry about a British actor of African descent playing a German Jew, nor was there any fuss when he played Bobby, a character traditionally performed by white actors, in a London production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company,” for which he won an Olivier.

Legendary activist Urvashi Vaid died Saturday, May 14, at her home in New York City. (Photo courtesy of The Laura Flanders Show, CC BY 3.0)

Eurovision is back this weekend (Saturday May 14), with Italy playing host.Once dubbed by its much-missed late presenter Terry Wogan as an excuse to, "Have a good sneer at Johnny Foreigner and chuck things at the telly," there's no denying that the annual continental kitsch fest has, during the course of its 66-year history, excelled in dividing its audience.But, whether its return in 2022 presents an excuse to throw a lederhosen and Liebfraumilch party or is simply the ideal time to colour compartmentalise your sock drawer, you cant deny it's had some must-see moments over the years.From bearded ladies and gobbling glove puppets to toppling despots and drug-fuelled scandals, here are some of the craziest which have hit our screens.Eurovision entries have sparked a lot of things over the years, not least the overwhelming urge to grab your coat and head for the pub.But few will beat Portugal’s entry at the 1974 contest which actually signalled a political uprising when it was broadcast on the radio.The ballad E Depois do Adeus by singer Paulo de Carvalho acted as a prompt for the country's rebel generals to rally their troops against the authoritarian regime of the time.The coup became known as the Carnation Revolution, so called because protestors took to the streets to place flowers into the muzzles of soldiers' rifles.The lead singer of this Italian rock band, which won the contest in 2021, was suspected by some viewers of snorting cocaine during the grand finals.Damiano David appeared to have been caught on camera at one point hunched over a table and making a low sweeping motion with his head.

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Wilson Chapman editorNetflix is giving a first taste of its upcoming vampire lesbian love story “First Kill.” The streamer released a trailer for the new young adult series, which is set to debut June 10.Based on a short story from horror writer V. E.

When a popular podcast host in Indonesia invited two men onto his show who were married to each other, they had a polite on-air conversation about gay life and identity. But in a Muslim-majority nation where gay rights are under threat, the show provoked an intense backlash from conservative fans and religious authorities.

Organizations are in the midst of planning activities for Pride Month in June, including the return of a Pink Saturday dance party in the Castro and an event in Golden Gate Park timed with the observance of Juneteenth.Longtime San Francisco Pride celebration enthusiasts will be glad to hear that an official Pink Saturday is returning to the Castro this year, after an absence of nearly six years. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence stepped away from producing the event in 2015, after saying they could no longer guarantee the safety of visitors.

Heartstopper, then look no further.The show, based on the web comic by Alice Oseman, became one of the best queer shows ever through its authentic and wonderful representation of LGBTQ+ teens and has left many people hungry for more (myself included).From other comics to TV shows, films, and novels, this list has a bit of everything for everyone.For those looking for more gay graphic novel excellence, look no further than Check, Please! Cut from the same cloth, this Tumblr comic from Ngozi Ukazumade waves during its release, and its success lead to two physical novels that you can usually find right alongside Heartstopper.Check, Please! is the story of Eric Bittle, a gay skater who ends up getting on a college hockey team and falling for the captain.

Disney is understood to have rebuffed a request from Saudi Arabian authorities to cut "LGBTQ references" from the latest film in the Marvel franchise.Before 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 'can be shown in cinemas in the ultraconservative Kingdom, a scene of "barely 12 seconds" would need to be excised, the country's head of film classification Nawaf al-Sabhan told AFP.The scene in question sees lesbian superheroine America Chavez refer to her "two moms". "It's just LGBTQ references," Al-Sabhan said.

EastEnders icon Pat Butcher for 25 years before hanging up her earrings.The actress, who turns 80 today (May 11), last appeared in the BBC soap for a few minutes in an episode back in 2016.Pat went on to become one of the soap's most iconic and longest-serving characters, first appearing in June 1986 until the character was killed off in January 2012.She returned to the show as ghost four years later for Barbara Windsor's final scenes as Peggy Mitchell.Since leaving Albert Square, Pam has made a number of television appearances and has done a lot of charity. As the soap legend celebrates her milestone birthday, Daily Star has taken a look inside Pam's life.Pam has worked extensively on the stage, in films and on television for almost 50 years.Shortly after her birth in 1942.

Léa Seydoux delved into her 'insane' filming experiences on her controversial erotic film Blue Is The Warmest Color in a newHollywood Reporterprofile published Tuesday.The acclaimed 36-year-old French actress how she and her costarAdèle Exarchopoulos were forced to spend 10 days filming 100 takes of what would become a seven-minute lesbian sex scene in the final film.Seydoux said that even an intimacy coordinator — a now-standard position in the wake of the #MeToo movement — couldn't have helped make the production more comfortable because its directorAbdellatif Kechiche was 'just nuts.' Difficult experience: Léa Seydoux, 36, opened up to the Hollywood Reporter about spending 10 days filming a seven-minute sex scene with 100 takes on 2013's Blue Is The Warmest Color; seen March 10 in ParisBlue Is The Warmest Color was a magnet for controversy from its premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where the festival jury broke precedent to award its highest honor, the Palme d'Or to Seydoux, Exarchopoulos andKechiche, instead of just the director, as it customary.Several critics and viewers accused the film of objectifying and overly sexualizing its stars with its lengthy and sex scenes, which included copious full-frontal nudity, though it was mostly acclaimed by reviewers. After it's premiere, crew members accused Kechiche of harassing behavior and claimed their were labor violations on the production, and both lead actresses said they would not work with the director again.In her new profile, Seydoux seemed to balance her distaste for the filming process with how the movie's acclaim elevated her career.'It took a year of my life and I gave everything for that film.

EASTENDERS' first lesbian couple Binnie and Della look completely different 27 years after their groundbreaking storyline. Played by actors Sophie Langham and Michelle Joseph, they were introduced to fans in 1994 in the soap's first all-female romance.

, The Twisted Soul Cookbook: Modern Soul Food with Global Flavors, came out in 2021 and garnered great reviews. And the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival declared her Chef of the Year.“The release of my first cookbook was huge, both personally and professionally,” VanTrece says. “Everything that went into it has paid off because it has been a tremendous success.”That success was anything but foreordained.

Pope Francis has stated that the most important thing LGBTQ+ people should know about God is that “he does not disown any of his children.”

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was fairly slow in introducing LGBTQ+ characters —though seeing as even the most chaste representations of queer love get the films banned in some countries, you can see why they would be reticent.Doctor Strange and The Multiverse of Madness actually breaks the record for the most lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer characters in an MCU property with three. However, seeing as two of them do not talk, and one never mentions their sexuality out loud, clearly there is still some work to be done when it comes to LGBTQ+ representation.The MCU is of course fairly sexless in general, but any mentions of queer sexualities have tended to be very brief, the better to allow Disney to easily cut out these scenes in more homophobic markets.

This was before Section 28, which would have been pointless anyway - there was no need to ban ‘promotion of homosexuality to children’ because literally nobody promoted it, or at least nobody round my way.  There were no role models.  No lesbians in public life.  No mention of lesbians in school, in books, on TV.   Not a single lesbian in the family, and certainly no talking about lesbians in the family.  Nothing.  The knowledge that lesbians even existed sneaked up on me slowly in middle school, made up of a patchwork of stereotypes – pitiable spinsters, tomboys, predatory dykes.   Although I didn’t come out until my mid 20s, people were calling me a ‘f***ing lezzer’ on the playground at 11.  So I grew up fighting, mostly with words, sometimes with fists, because I instinctively knew the word ‘lesbian’ was so dangerous you couldn’t let it get attached to you.     Things have changed since then, of course. When I was younger, Lesbian Visibility Week – a whole week that celebrates my community – would have been unthinkable.   And there is a way of telling this story that can make it feel and sound like everything has improved.   Section 28 has come and gone: right now in schools across the UK children are being taught about LGBTQ+ lives, families and relationships.  There are lesbians in books, in TV, in music – in popular culture, the media and politics. We have rights our lesbian elders never had.

Jeopardy!, but now it has come to an end.Roach, a lesbian and one of several stellar out contestants the show has had recently, saw her winning streak end in the episode that aired Friday. She lost by a single dollar to challenger Danielle Maurer.Maurer, a digital marketing manager from Peachtree Corners, Ga., finished in first place with $15,600 while Roach, a tutor from Toronto, came in second with $15,599.Roach was in the lead with $19,200 heading into Final Jeopardy!, wagered $3,601, and did not respond correctly, while Maurer, who had $11,400 going into the round, wagered $4,200 and did provide the correct response.The category was USA, and the clue was “These two mayors gave their names to a facility built on the site of an old racetrack owned by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler.” The correct response was “Who are William Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson?” Both were mayors of Atlanta, and the facility is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.But Roach’s run on Jeopardy! was a great one.

We will not sugarcoat this: the leak this week of a Supreme Court majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a ruling that would eliminate the constitutional right to abortion, is extremely alarming. 

A new view of New York City from The Summit at One Vanderbilt. (Photo by Heather Cassell)

CDC, one in four LGBTQ+ teens attempted suicide in the first half of 2021.Whether your child is queer, straight, cis or trans, all moms should be outraged at anyone, especially elected leaders, who stoop so low as to use children as cudgels for their own political gain.As these anti-LGBTQ+ politicians seek to normalize legislation that targets our kids' rights and safety, we cannot leave it up to the moms of queer and trans youth alone to fight back. Whether you are a part of the LGBTQ+ community or not, all moms have a stake in keeping childhood off-limits from nefarious politicking.

The White House announced Thursday that Karine Jean-Pierre has been promoted to be assistant to the president and White House press secretary, becoming both the first Black and lesbian person in that position.Jean-Pierre will replace current press secretary Jen Psaki, who will depart from the White House May 13."I am proud to announce that Karine Jean-Pierre will serve as the next White House press secretary, President Joe Biden said in the statement released May 5."Karine not only brings the experience, talent and integrity needed for this difficult job, but she will continue to lead the way in communicating about the work of the Biden-Harris Administration on behalf of the American people," Biden stated. "Jill and I have known and respected Karine a long time and she will be a strong voice speaking for me and this administration."Jen Psaki has set the standard for returning decency, respect and decorum to the White House Briefing Room.

Rick Earl Stokes, famously "the other gay candidate" who ran against Harvey Milk for San Francisco supervisor in 1977, died May 3. He was 87.Mr. Stokes died in San Francisco after a brief battle with congestive heart failure, according to an obituary prepared by Curtis Jensen, director of marketing and graphics for Steamworks, the gay bathhouse location in Berkeley of which Mr.

What If?—it also features a stunning cast of fresh talent, from William Gao’s heartbreakingly earnest portrayal of straight, lonely teen Tao Xu to Corinna Brown’s take on out-teen lesbian Tara Jones. But at the center of it all are Joe Locke and Kit Connor as the will they-won’t they (they will) couple Charlie and Nick. When Charlie, fresh off of a romantic disappointment with a Rugby player, starts falling for Nick, he’s convinced that his love interest is straight.

The Supreme Court of South Korea has tossed out the military court conviction of two gay soldiers for having consensual sex outside of military facilities.The court's panel of 13 justices ruled April 21 the military's case stretched the country's military sodomy law and sent the case back to the High Court for Armed Forces.Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su said the justices concluded that the widely criticized 1962 Military Criminal Act's Article 92-6 law should not be applied to consensual sex between male service members outside of military facilities during off-duty hours, reported the Associated Press.The law prohibits members of the military from engaging in same-sex conduct in the country's predominantly male military and carries a two-year prison sentence.Homosexuality is decriminalized in South Korea for civilians.The case wasn't the first time the high court had received complaints about the law.

Just Like Us found 68% of those surveyed feared they would be perceived as ‘man-hating’, ‘over-sexualised’ or ‘anti-trans’.Around 30% feared being viewed as ‘cringey or awkward’ while 25% worried they would be viewed as ‘wrong’.Some responders worried they would be seen as ‘taboo’, ‘masculine or butch’ or ‘unattractive’.And over-sexualisation of lesbians was found to be the biggest barrier for young lesbians age 18 to 24 (36%).Overall, one in 20 lesbians delayed coming out because they could be seen as ‘anti-trans’. This reason was cited by many in the 25-34 age category.One respondent, Niamh, explained coming out to both schoolmates and family was ’embarrassing’ at the time.She added: ‘At school it was already a rumour, and I knew people would gossip about it, and they did.

New York City felt like it was almost its bustling self again as I walked through the streets enjoying the warm spring weather during a recent trip.The city, like many others, is forever changed after more than two years of the COVID pandemic, but in true New York fashion, the Big Apple is coming back. It was my second trip within six months after about a two and a half year break.New Yorkers rolled up their sleeves (more than 80% are vaccinated), masked up, and have done pretty much everything they can to get their groove back. However, COVID subvariants continue to emerge in the ongoing pandemic.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRoyalty took the stand on Saturday night to advocate for LGBTQ+ equality.Golda Rosheuvel, the openly gay actor who plays the illustrious Queen Charlotte on “Bridgerton,” was presented the Equality Award at this year’s Human Rights Campaign gala in New York.“Being authentic and true to who I am has been something that I’ve championed in my own life, so to be able to get up there tonight and speak my journey is really important,” Rosheuvel told Variety before accepting her award. “That one person who’s struggling might hear it and be confident enough to step [up] in their own life.”The “Bridgerton” star later went on to tell the crowd, “nobody should have to choose between being publicly out and being a successful actor.” Rosheuvel recently opened up to Marc Malkin on the “Just for Variety” podcast about how a lesbian director once advised her to stay in the closet.

The popular LGBTQ+ inclusive series Batwoman has been cancelled by the CW.

During Lesbian Visibility Week, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Center for Transgender Equality, and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund honor the lives and experiences of transgender and non-binary lesbians. We affirm that trans women are women and that trans and non-binary lesbians are a valued part of the LGBTQ community.

President Biden has nominated Ana Reyes, an attorney at the D.C-based law firm Williams & Connolly LLP, for a seat on federal court in D.C., making her the first Hispanic woman and the first out lesbian who would ever serve on the court, the White House announced Wednesday.

Coming out came with roadblocks for Golda Rosheuvel.

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TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com It’s been a tough couple of years, especially for folks in the entertainment industry