Taliban use monkeypox as an excuse to persecute LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan

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supports HTML5 videoLove, Victor stars Michael Cimino and George Sear have shared how they feel regarding the pressure actors can feel to disclose their sexuality, emphasising that ‘forcing someone to come out’ is ‘the biggest no-no in the LGBT community’.This week, season 3 of their heartwarming, joyous show drops on Hulu in the US and Disney Plus in the UK, with the latest episodes following the lead character Victor (Michael) as he navigates a complex love triangle, having come out as gay to his family in the season 1 finale.Kit Connor, who plays Nick in the widely acclaimed LGBT+ series Heartstopper, recently spoke out about why he doesn’t feel he needs to label his sexuality, after writing on Twitter in response to some fans who speculated on his sexual orientation: ‘Twitter is so funny man. apparently some people on here know my sexuality better than I do…’While speaking to Metro.co.uk, Michael and George – who plays Victor’s boyfriend Benji on Love, Victor – were asked how they feel about that discussion.‘I think you just hit the nail on the head there where you said, “It’s up to you, really,”’ said George, who’s 24.Referencing Kit, who’s 18, the English actor continued: ‘For all we know, he could still be figuring himself out.

Manchester, my best friend patiently tried to paint the nails on my fidgeting hands.I had never painted my nails before, but that wasn’t why I was nervous: it was my first Pride, despite the fact I’d come out as gay seven years earlier.Vibrating with anticipation, I was unsure what to expect or how I would react. I felt uncomfortable but yearned to belong to the celebrations that were rattling the hotel’s windows.My friend squeezed my hand as we wandered towards the Pride parade and wormed our way to a good spot at the barriers.

German football director Oliver Bierhoff has slammed Qatar over its treatment of the LGBTQ+ community.  

So apparently it wasn't @RebelWilson's choice to come out... The @smh/@theage have admitted to giving her a heads up 2 days in advance that they were going to "out" her.

Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed on Monday that a nationwide tampon shortage is being fueled by tampons placed in men's bathrooms for transgender people.Supply chain issues and inflation remain a problem millions of Americans are facing, and tampons have been affected due to the rising cost of materials used to produce menstrual products.However, the Georgia Republican claimed the shortage is being caused by tampons in men's bathrooms during an appearance on the conservative Right Side Broadcasting Network in her latest remarks against the transgender community."Now there's a shortage of tampons, and that's probably because men are buying tampons," Greene said during a discussion on the transgender community, denouncing what she called the "war on women."While some businesses, schools and other public venues have begun putting tampons in men's bathrooms, experts have pointed to inflation and rising production costs as instead causing the current tampon shortage.Cotton and plastic, two materials used in the production of tampons, have become more expensive due to the demand of making COVID-19 safety gear such as masks, according to a CNN report. The issue has been further exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war, as both countries are key fertilizer exporters.Inflation has also hiked the price of menstrual products.

LGBT pride flags as part of a protest against the school's ban on allowing full-time staff to be in same-sex relationships.The video was posted Monday to TikTok by the account @EngaygeTheCulture, which is run by the Associated Students of Seattle Pacific (ASSP), the group leading the SPU protest.The clip—simply a montage of students handing over the flags and receiving their diplomas—is captioned "POV: the president of your university thinks being LGBTQ+ is a 'lifestyle choice' and a 'morality issue' so you decide to give him a gift at graduation," and has received nearly 2 million views.We’ve also been sleeping outside his office for 19 days in a gay sit-in but he usually doesn’t say hi to us. #pride #pridemonth #lgbtq #gay #graduation #fyp #seattle #changethepolicy #hiregayprofsHanding SPU President Pete Menjares LGBT pride flags isn't the extent of the protest.

The gays over on Twitter have gotten a lot of things trending over the years, but this one might be the wildest yet.It all started innocently enough, when an account devoted to U.S. presidents posted this old photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower:Dwight D.

Seattle Times reports.Jeaux Rinedahl, an adjunct nursing professor, sued SPU in 2021, saying it denied him a tenured position because he’s gay. The case has been settled out of court, but the fight over anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination predated his lawsuit and is continuing.SPU’s Faculty Senate gave the trustees a “no confidence” vote last year, and this year a working group recommended that the trustees rescind the policy.

The 75th annual Tony Awards proved to be a spectacular night that was full of LGBTQ+ winners.

Before Rebel Wilson, the Australian actress and comedian, publicly revealed her new relationship, an Australian columnist who covers celebrities had given her representatives less than two days to comment before he published a column about the new couple. In a since-deleted column published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday, the columnist, Andrew Hornery, said that instead of “outing” Ms. Wilson, 42, he “erred on the side of caution” and gave her representatives two days to comment about her relationship with Ramona Agruma, a designer, “before publishing a single word.” “In a perfect world, ‘outing’ same-sex celebrity relationships should be a redundant concept in 2022,” Mr.

My Fake Boyfriendis coming to Prime Video in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, LatAm, and Brazil on June 10, and all other territories on June 24.

A small group of LGBTQ protesters greeted visitors to the Dallas Arboretum on Saturday, June 11. Some of those driving through the gate were there to celebrate the garden’s Pride in Bloom celebration.

Related: DeSantis Press Sec defends calling “Don’t Say Gay” bill opponents pedophiles: “A hit dog hollers”“The state of Florida will not tolerate hatred towards the LGBTQ and Hispanic community of any kind, and together we stand united against terrorism and hate of any kind,” DeSantis’s proclamation for the day reads, calling the shooting “one of the darkest moments in our state’s history.”DeSantis’s record, though, shows that he doesn’t just tolerate hatred of LGBTQ people but that he is willing to parrot made-up stories designed to make LGBTQ people look like they’re a threat to children and then legislate based on his antipathy towards LGBTQ people.Earlier this year, DeSantis signed the state’s Don’t Say Gay bill, which bans discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in younger grades and requires them to be “developmentally appropriate” in older grades. Instead of defining those terms, the bill allows parents to sue schools if they believe the law was violated.

While death threats aren't anything new to gay state Senator Scott Wiener, they took a decidedly chilling turn June 12 when he received an email telling him bombs had been placed in his home and office. "We placed bombs in his office and his house," the email read.

HIV medication and lifted out a pot of generic Truvada.  I take this drug as part of my HIV treatment. It keeps me healthy and because I am ‘undetectable’, I cannot pass HIV to my sexual partners.  But this pot was not for me. I was about to post it to a young gay man in Manchester.

Christina Aguilera is heating up the summer! The pop star hit the stage for L.A. Pride‘s music festival at Los Angeles State Historic Park, wearing an array of racy outfits.

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Correction: an earlier version of this quiz included the straight pride flag and the straight ally flag, which our readers rightfully pointed out do not represent the LGBTQ+ community. These have now been replaced!

Note: these streaming options are for UK residents. You may have to dig around to find these movies in your own locations!What it's about: A young gay guy goes on a road trip with his ex-classmate who turns out to be pansexual.

Northaven Church held its third annual Pride Parade and added a cook out after the event on Saturday, June 11.

Reddit post, titled, "My wife came out this month, and I feel like I'm not allowed to be mad," has garnered over 19,100 upvotes and 1,800 comments since it was posted in "True Off My Chest."Redditor @dolcheetgabana shared the post on June 12, and he revealed his wife came out as a lesbian, adding that she "saw it fitting with it being June." The original poster's (OP) wife's father recently died, and he was "infamously homophobic" and had even disowned his son for being gay.According to a 2021 Gallup poll, 5.6 percent of adults in the United States identify as LGBT. In addition, 54.6 percent of those individuals identify as bisexual, 24.5 percent identify as gay, 11.7 percent identify as lesbian, and 11.3 percent identify as transgender.

For Pride 2022, Equality for Children, a volunteer-led Irish not-for-profit, is launching a podcast series about raising children as LGBTQ+ parents and families in Ireland.  Despite the legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2015, LGBTQ+ families in Ireland still face a variety of struggles, especially concerning the legal parenthood of children. This is where Equality for […]

On Monday, June 13, a new coalition, Trans Equality Together, was launched with the aim of “creating an Ireland where Trans people are equal, safe and valued”. The official launch took place in the Mansion House, Dublin, and was hosted by Lord Mayor Alison Gilliland. The main objectives of Trans Equality Together are to promote […]

We didn’t think it was possible for Rudy Giuliani to seem like any more of a disgrace, but here we are.With the second round of public hearings investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol underway, the committee is presenting evidence that former president Donald Trump knew he’d lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, and was at the center of a conspiracy to overturn the results.Cheney painted an upsetting picture of Trump’s decision making process, explaining how an “apparently inebriated” Giuliani enabled the big lie:“You will hear firsthand testimony that the president’s campaign advisers urged him to await the counting of votes and not to declare victory on election night.“The president understood, even before the election, that many more Biden voters had voted by mail, because President Trump ignored the advice of his campaign experts and told his supporters only to vote in person.Rep. Liz Cheney says former President Trump followed advice from "an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani" to claim victory in 2020 presidential election.

A post shared by Jake Paul (@jakepaul)Jake Paul has been trending all morning after completely embarrassing himself on Twitter again.The homophobic-YouTuber-turned-professional-boxer took to social media over the weekend to blast President Biden for a slew of things POTUS has absolutely nothing to do with, including the price of crypto. Oh, and then he mocked Biden’s stutter.“Biden accomplishments 1. Highest gas prices 2.

Skibbereen Community and Family Resource Centre (CFRC) is hosting a month-long series of events to celebrate Pride titled ‘Skibbereen LGBTI+ Project’. The programme aims to develop support and activities for the LGBTQ+ community and allies and to promote visibility and inclusivity. There are a huge variety of events and activities happening throughout the month of […]

Taliban men carry a man in the air between them, with one carrying each leg and others his arms. As a crowd stands around, figures dressed in black hit him on his back and legs with a stick.

Paula Abdul is celebrating Pride in style.

Eventbrite.The musical selection will include pieces from shows, movies and modern music. It will also highlight previous performances by the chorus to commemorate their 10th anniversary.The chorus will also be joined by some incredible hosts from the RTÉ One soap opera, Fair City, to help celebrate the evening.

Guardians of the Galaxy, Army of the Dead, and Dune, among many others, posted a photo of himself wearing a T-shirt. It featured a rainbow and the words ‘Be You.’Bautista is straight but his mom is a lesbian.

Patriot Front. The concerned citizen that tipped off law enforcement said they "looked like a little army".The group is suspected of planning to riot at an Idaho Pride event being held in the city on Saturday.

American filmmaker John Waters is well known for pushing boundaries with exuberantly provocative works exploring taboos around themes such as pornography and LGBTQ+ relationships.

LONDON: The value of the cryptocurrency market on Monday (Jun 13) fell below US$1 trillion for the first time since January 2021, according to data site CoinMarketCap, reaching as low as US$926 billion.

We’re Queer my Dear (WQMD), the acclaimed, informative, and empowering LGBTIQA+ online web series returns for its third season.

LONDON: Bitcoin tumbled on Monday (Jun 13) to an 18-month low under US$25,000 as investors shunned risky assets in the face of a global markets selloff.

With the support of her two out colleagues on the board that oversees the Bay Area's regional transit agency BART, board member Janice Li is officially kicking off her bid for reelection Monday. The first queer woman of color and the first Asian American woman on the board, Li is the only Asian member of one of the country's three elected transit boards.Li, 35, was first elected to her District 8 seat on the BART board in 2018 and is currently serving as the oversight body's vice president.

Christina Aguilera was joined on stage by Mya to perform ‘Lady Marmalade’ during her headline set at LA Pride on Saturday (June 11).The track, which was originally released in 1974 by Eleventh Hour, was re-recorded by Mya, Lil Kim, Christina Aguilera and Pink for the soundtrack to 2001’s Moulin Rouge!. It subsequently went to Number One in both the US and UK.During LA Pride, Aguilera and her dancers performed a medley of Moulin Rouge! hits, before Mya joined her for ‘Lady Marmalade’. “Thank you so much for doing this,” Aguilera said.

Christina Aguilera came to slay not play at LA Pride in the Park on Saturday in Los Angeles, California, complementing her musical set with a series of eye-grabbing looks.The chart-topping superstar, who was the event’s headliner at Los Angeles Historical Park, had the crowd delighted with what they could both see and hear as she whipped through her hits – including Beautiful, Lady Marmalade and Bionic.Alongside wearing a stunning glittery rainbow-striped bodysuit at one point during her performance, with the flowing skirt held up behind her to represent the LGBT flag in a tribute to the Pride colours, the 41-year-old was not afraid to show her Dirrty side either.The songstress’s multiple outfit changes saw her whip through a variety of edgy costumes, keeping her blonde hair held back in a voluminous high ponytail throughout.At one point, Christina sang on stage with the slightly unexpected addition of a phallic strap-on attached to her costume, which also comprised of a Hulk-esque torso piece and swollen arms, thigh-high patent boots and silver glittery sunglasses.She also showed off a recreation of her infamous ‘bottomless’ chaps from her iconic 2002 Dirrty music video – a look she’s enjoyed revisiting before – but this time in fire engine red and paired with a long trench coat (which of course came off), studded bodysuit, sunglasses and coordinating microphone.She was also seen enjoying herself in a pink latex costume featuring what looked like pink cone-shaped nipples, which she held in her hands as she stuck her tongue out.Christina does not do things by halves.The entertainer also matched her old Lady Marmalade collaborator Mya in neon yellow at one point, showing off a lace-print outfit with carnivalesque feathers

London services manager.‘But because the people I worked with were a lot younger there was a lot more support and often, in the case of schools, they had their peers.‘Whereas now, introducing some quite big social issues such as homelessness, you realise there are a lot of problems young LGBTQ+ people face when they try to access the help and support they need.’Statistics published by Stonewall in 2018 revealed 18% of LGBTQ+ people have been homeless at some point in their lives, with a majority of cases centring solely around an individual’s sexual orientation and gender identity. It’s a figure many homelessness organisations fear is set to rise, with akt reporting an increase of 71% in the number of young LGBTQ+ people accessing its services nationally between 2021 and 2022.  And given a study from the LGBT Foundation reported 71.5% of people accessing its domestic abuse service had not thought about seeking support before, it’s fair to assume such statistics show no sign of dropping. Ryan Douglas lived on the street for a total of three weeks after leaving his family home because of a homophobic family member. ‘It was the lowest of the low I’ve ever felt,’ he recalls.

BBC.‘As I come to the door usually I get “what are you?” It’s really not okay. I’m a paramedic first and foremost and I’m here to help.’Steph said since coming out she felt ‘enlightened’ and able to be her true self.

This screen capture from a video on the No Hate in Texas Facebook page shows a woman in pink pants with a light-colored hat standing with her back to church members and her arms spread wide to create a barrier between church members and protesters. Shortly after, the woman moves to stand in front of the man seen here on the right side of the image in the dark red suit jacket, striped tie and sunglasses. The woman in pink again stands with her back to the church members and her arms outstretched until the man in the sunglasses, red jacket and striped tie steps forward and shoves her in the back. The man was reportedly cited for assault.

Thomas Ryan Rousseau. Mug shot from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office in Idao.

31 white supremacists were arrested for planning a riot near an Idaho Pride event.

Brokeback Mountain to some newer films like Love, Simon.  But, as I watched many of these, I realized that there are now several queer actors who would play the role just as well, if not better than some of their predecessors. Here are eight LGBTQ+ actors who I believe would be great picks if these movies ever got a remake.

In the wake ofAzealia Banks' bizarre meltdown during the Wynwood Pride concert on Friday, which ended with her storming off stage, the New York rapper has taken to Instagram to rant about the conditions of the event.Banks, 31, had performed just four songs from her headlining set,with her breasts fully exposed, when she began to go off about how organizers and promoters kept changing her call times.'I'm really not happy to be here. I'm trying y'all, but it's difficult.

UpdateJesse Tyler Ferguson just won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, but his relationship with sports is complicated.“I was an indoor kid growing up,” he recently told Queerty, just days after the opening of his return to Broadway in the critically acclaimed revival of Take Me Out. “I did not love sports.

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