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no-show for the first day of jury selection in her husband’s felony hush-money trial. Now the question is, will she show up at all?Doesn’t look like it!The ex-FLOTUS, who’s barely been seen with the disgraced ex-president since he launched his third campaign in late 2022, is not expected to appear at Manhattan Criminal Court. Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!In fact, she hasn’t appeared at any of Donald Trump‘s legal proceedings, including his arraignment in the Stormy Daniels case last April, or commented on his myriad of legal troubles.Melania’s actual feelings on her husband’s highly publicized affair, however, are a little more difficult to figure out.Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, her ex-BFF and former White House aide, implied in a string of social media posts over the weekend that Melania doesn’t give AF about Donald’s extramarital activities.

The Real World” I felt depressed and alone. Nobody prepares you for the initial shock of notoriety.There I was confident about who I am, but there were people tearing me apart because of my sexuality, my background, and my look, among other things, and you need to be in a mental space where you can handle that.

This week, April 15 – 21, marks National Deaf LGBTQ+ Awareness Week, a project launch by the Deaf Queer Resource Center to uplift, support, and bring greater visibility to these multiply marginalized communities. Every day this week, Queerty will be spotlighting a short film that focuses on deaf, queer characters—all of which you can watch right now.In 2016, queer theater heartthrob Andrew Keenan-Bolger jumped behind the camera to direct his first short film, collaborating with writer-composer Adam Wachter to tell a story the would both portray an under-explored human experience and spotlight their friends in the New York theater community.The final result is the romantic drama Sign, which focuses on a universal relationship story of meet-cutes and heart-aches, first dates and fights, and everything in between.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Aaron (Wonderstruck‘s John McGinty) and Ben (The Strangers: Prey At Night‘s Preston Sadleir) are two men living and working in New York City.

A transgender-led national nonprofit, The Gender Research Advisory Council & Education (GRACE), has launched its first commercial seeking to change the minds of politically right-of-center Americans to support transgender rights.The sixty-second ad, “Dads,” features an interview with Eric Childs, an Operation Iraqi Freedom combat veteran from rural South Carolina, who is the father of four children — including a transgender teenager. In the ad, Childs expresses how much he loves and supports his 15-year-old son –- whose name is not being published to avoid harassment and threats. “I live in a small town in South Carolina.

Cottonwood 2.“If I was a bad bitch, I’d wanna f*ck me too/I’d wanna suck me too/I’d wanna slut me too” Choppa brilliantly raps on the new track. “If I was a bad bitch, I’d wanna hump me too/I’d wanna trap me too/Nothin’ freaking that I wouldn’t do.”Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.A post shared by NLE Choppa (@nlechoppamusic)The song and its accompanying music video were inspired by Rick James’ song “Give It To Me Baby”, which topped the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and R&B chart in 1981.James’ other career-defining hit was “Super Freak,” also released in 1981, that earned him a Grammy nomination and has been sampled by many other artists over the years, including MC Hammer in 1990 and by Nicki Minaj in 2022.Within hours of “Slut Me Out 2” being released, homophobes pounced on Choppa for his “gay” lyrics.