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Music superstar Kehlani admitted that an LGBTQ+ Google Doc helped them come to terms with their lesbian identity. 

It looks like Sarah Michelle Gellar is ready to kiss and tell!

Nadia Whittome was among a number of cross-party MPs calling for LGBTQ+ equality in the UK during a debate in the House of Commons on 2 February.

The NCLR team is growing in 2023! Help us welcome Lisa Oman and Rachel Berg. 

Cindy Crawford's daughter Kaia Gerber was spotted enjoying a Los Angeles stroll with her gal pal Rachel Sennott this week.Kaia, 21, who has followed her mother's footsteps into the fashion business, was walking her rescue pooch Milo.She and Rachel have just acted together in the upcoming movie Bottoms, which is billed as being about a 'lesbian fight club.'Kaia adopted Milo in 2020, joining the many Americans who brought pets into their homes amid the loneliness of the coronavirus lockdowns.Since around the end of 2021 she has been involved with Austin Butler, 31, who shot to new heights of fame last year in the lead role of the biopic Elvis. Strut: Cindy Crawford's daughter Kaia Gerber was spotted enjoying a Los Angeles stroll with her gal pal Rachel Sennott this weekHer latest sighting comes after she covered the February issue of Elle and responded in the magazine to the 'nepo baby' furor.'I won’t deny the privilege that I have,' she told the fashion publication.

Born Perfect – NCLR’s campaign to end conversion therapy – hit the ground running on New Year’s Day, and 2023 looks to be a year of record progress against this fraudulent practice, which has inflicted devastating harm on millions of LGBTQ youth and their families.

It’s the first months of an odd-numbered year, which means a new Congress has just convened. Unlike the previous two years, we now have divided party control in DC, which means legislating will be even more difficult. Nevertheless, it is essential that NCLR and other LGBTQ civil rights organizations continue to be a presence on Capitol Hill, reminding members of the House and Senate that they work for us and that we expect them to do their jobs and act in the best interests of all of their constituents.

QMN is a smattering of what’s going on in music by LGBTQ artists and the artists we love.

The Last of Us has been renewed for a second season at HBO.

The German parliament for the first time dedicated its annual Holocaust memorial commemoration on Friday to LGBTQ+ people who were killed or persecuted by the Nazis.

Alan Cumming has celebrated his 58th birthday by announcing that he has returned his OBE due to the “toxicity” of the British Empire.

Those aged between 16 and 24 are more than twice as likely to identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community compared with the general population, according to new data from the 2021 Census.

Pope Francis has spoken out against “unjust” laws that criminalise homosexuality, instead referring to it as a “sin”.

Everything Everywhere All At Once is the film to beat at this year’s 95th Academy Awards.

Peacock’s Vampire Academy is one of the latest LGBTQ+ inclusive TV series to get cancelled.

DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Mus

Actor Michael Urie returns to North Texas to direct at Uptown Players this spring. (Courtesy photo)

Sarah Michelle Gellar has opened up about the legacy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer following the various allegations of abusive behaviour from creator J*ss W*edon.

(CNN) -- When a huge plumbing disaster strikes, most Airbnb guests would pack their bags and demand their money back, while their hosts would glumly write off their profits and try to forget about it.But for German travelers Elke Thau-Montgomery and Rudi Thau, and their American hosts Beth Ann Moon and Jennifer Steinberg, a calamitous Airbnb situation turned into a continent-spanning, five-years-and-counting friendship.Florida-based couple Beth and Jennifer listed the apartment connected to their home on Airbnb for the first time in 2017. Beth and Jennifer are gay, and were wary about homophobia from their guests (Beth jokes that she hid from the first few bookers.)But guests from the US and beyond came and went, and largely kept to themselves.Elke and Rudi stood out from the beginning.

Christian singer Amy Grant has hit back at homophobic trolls who slammed her for hosting her niece's same-sex wedding at her Hidden Trace Farm in Franklin, Tennessee, The musician, 62, who has been referred to as the Queen of Christian Pop, was hit by discriminatory comments when she revealed her intentions to host her first 'bride and bride wedding' in December, but said she brushed off trolls' comments online.She told People: 'I never chase any of those rabbits down the rabbit hole. I love my family, I love those brides.

The creators of HBO Max’s Velma have opened up about the titular character’s sexuality in a new interview. 

Sam Smith with Koffee and Jessie Reyez on “Gimme.” (Courtesy photo)

Bella Ramsey has opened up about their gender identity.

Bella Ramsey has opened up about her gender identity.

Tina Kotek was sworn in as Oregon’s governor Monday, becoming, with Massachusetts’s Maura Healey, one of the first two out lesbian governors in the nation. Healey took her oath of office last week.Kotek, a Democrat, was sworn in by Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Meagan Flynn shortly before 2 p.m.

Newly-released data from the UK’s census has shown that being bisexual is almost as common as being gay or lesbian in England and Wales.

More than 3% of people in England and Wales are LGBTQ+, according to the first official national census to include questions about sexuality and gender identity.

Maura Healey is now officially the first out lesbian governor in the U.S.Healey, a Democrat, was sworn in Thursday as governor of Massachusetts. She is also the first woman to be governor of the state, and she and Healey and Lt. Gov.

More than 1.5 million people identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, according to England and Wales’ first-ever sexuality and gender census.

There were “immediate” conversations of a sequel to Fire Island following the release of the gaycation comedy last year, Matt Rogers has revealed.

Co-hosts of The View got together on Tuesday to pay tribute to the late Barbara Walters, who created the famous daytime talk show in 1997.While sitting with Whoopi Goldberg, Lisa Ling, and Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, 55, shared a funny anecdote of Walters - who passed on Friday at the age of 93.Shepherd revealed that the renowned journalist once told her she should 'be a lesbian' and avoid marrying men who 'take her money' during her bridal shower, which Walters threw for her. Brutally honest: Sherri Shepherd, 55, shared a funny anecdote of her former The View co-host Barbara Walters, who passed on Friday at the age of 93; Pictured 2009'She said, "You always get with these men who take your money! All the time! Stop getting married to men that take your money.

(CNN) -- Tennis great Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with both stage one throat and breast cancer, her agent told CNN in an email Monday."This double whammy is serious but still fixable," the 66-year-old said in a statement on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) website."I'm hoping for a favorable outcome. It's going to stink for a while, but I'll fight with all have I got."Navratilova, who won 59 grand slam titles in her career, has already battled breast cancer in 2010.The latest prognosis is said to be good, according to the statement, and she will begin treatment this month.Navratilova's agent, Mary Greenham, said the tennis legend discovered an enlarged lymph node in her neck during the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, which was held from October 31 to November 7.A biopsy was done, and she was later diagnosed with stage one throat cancer, her agent said.

Don Maison, left and Dickie Weaver

With 2022 coming to a close, here are (in no particular order) some of the year's best LGBTQ+ television.In an age of endless reboots and sequels, it's hard to get excited for anything, no matter how beloved the original. Then came A League of Their Own, Amazon Prime's reboot of the classic film about a group of women starting their own baseball league during World War II.Decidedly more queer than the original, this iteration goes all in on its LGBTQ+ characters, including amazing turns by Abbi Jacobson, D'Arcy Carden and Chanté Adams.

Clive Davis is spilling the details about Whitney Houston‘s lesbian love affair!

The first footage is out for HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, which stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as detectives investigating the disappearance of staffers from a scientific research station in Alaska.“When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the six men that operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace,” says the official synopsis from HBO. “To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.”This is the fourth season of the popular series and the first one to feature all women detectives; each season has had a different setting and stars.

Massachusetts has a history of leading when it comes to electing “first of” LGBTQ+ politicians and policy. Governor-elect Maura Healey is no exception as a queer trailblazer herself. Congressman Gerry Studds became the first out member of Congress when he was forced to reveal his gayness in 1983 after it was revealed he'd had "a relationship" with a 17-year-old male page.

 During season five episode seven, Jamie Dutton hatched a plan to impeach his father as Governor of Montana at urging of Sarah Atwood. However, the biggest moment of the night came when Clara, took part in the show's first lesbian kiss.Clara, played by Lilli Kay, kissed a woman wearing a cowboy hat while at the Montana State Fair.Some fans slammed the Yellowstone for 'going woke' with the same-sex kiss via Twitter. Groundbreaking: During season five episode seven, Jamie Dutton hatched a plan to impeach his father as Governor of Montana at urging of Sarah Atwood.

Asian countries are struggling to match global progress on LGBTQ+ rights despite positive steps this year in Singapore and Vietnam, Washington’s first openly lesbian ambassador told Openly in an interview.

Shatzi Weisberger, a lesbian, longtime activist for many causes, nurse to people with AIDS, and death educator, died December 1 at age 92 at her apartment in New York City.Weisberger had wide-ranging interests, and one of them was preparing for death in a conscous and positive fashion. She studied the subject of death intensively and led discussion groups on the subject.“I really want to experience my dying,” she said in 2018, according to The New York Times. “I don’t want to die in a car crash or be unconscious.

LGBTQ+ young people’s charity Just Like Us has launched an incredible new campaign raising awareness of the issues faced by LGBTQ+ teens in winter.

The Nobel laureates accepting their prizes at the ceremony in Stockholm this weekend included two LGBTQ+ winners.Carolyn Bertozzi, a lesbian who’s a chemistry professor at Stanford University in California, shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry with Morten Meldal, a professor at the University of Copenhagen, and Scripps Research professor and 1968 Stanford alum K. Barry Sharpless.

A plethora of LGBTQ+ stars and stories have been honoured with nominations at The 80th annual Golden Globe Awards.

A pupil at “war zone” school Bannerman High tried to take his own life after attacks he endured for six years.

Brittney Griner was released today from Russian custody after President Vladimir Putin’s government reached a deal with the United States that included a prisoner swap. While one family is sure to experience immense relief, a second family remains hopeful to soon be reunited with a loved one detained in Russia.After nearly 10 months in captivity as a geopolitical prisoner in Russia, the 32-year-old WNBA player was released from Russian custody and flown to the United Arab Emirates when the Biden administration announced her release.Griner was arrested and charged in Russia in February for having a vape cartridge in her luggage with less than 1 milligram of cannabis-derived oil.

Nicole Scherzinger will headline one of Sydney WorldPride’s most highly anticipated events, the Bondi Beach Party, on 4 March 2023.

In HOLDING SPACE: Life and Love Through a Queer Lens (Princeton Architectural Press, 223 pp., $29.95), Ryan Pfluger captures the beauty and essence of queer love in all its complexity and spectrums. When I first saw the images, I was drawn to the bold, unapologetic displays of love — love that is often stereotyped or kept secret.