Ukrainians Take to the Streets in Manhattan

A clearly weakened Wendy Williams, who is battling a conservatorship and rumors about her physical and mental health, has released a video in which she argues — eerily calmly — that she should be allowed access to her own money.

Related: Lil Nas X posts astonishing body transformation and drives fans wildHe mentioned a recent TikTok video that had encouraged viewers to be delusional. He said he was initially thrown by the idea, until he looked back at his own career.‘That didn’t make sense to me,” he said.

Now that spring is here, it’s a great time to start thinking about growing your own fruit and veg. Not only is it great for the head to watch stuff grow, it’s also increasingly important to produce and eat stuff that’s grown close to home. Plus it’s great fun and soon you too will be […]

Six key safeguarding principles for LGBTQ+ people have been agreed on by more than 150 senior religious leaders, academics and lay leaders from all over the world.

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Lindsey Graham and Josh Hawley, Cruz’s questions pushed Jackson on culture war issues such as gender identity and critical race theory. He also asked Jackson about her past handling of child pornography cases.In the end, Cruz overran his time and had to be cut off by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin. However, his grandstanding prompted plenty of backlash online.Among the bluntest was actor Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Sons of Anarchy).

Russian Doll star Rebecca Henderson. Indeed, viewers surfing between Freeform and Netflix these days can easily find the Toronto native repping for queer women. She’s appeared in popular LGBTQ+ projects as far back as Desiree Akhavan’s 2014 feature Appropriate Behavior.

Colton Underwood has shared images from his engagement to partner Jordan C. Brown this February.

On March 8, 2022, Florida Senate passed the so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, by a vote of 22-17. The bill raises multiple concerns for LGBTQ+ people and allies alike, and it appears that similar legislation is being proposed in 15 other US states.Under the ‘Don’t Say Gay’, or as it’s officially known, the Parental Rights in Education bill, “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity” is prohibited.

Miley Cyrus has assured fans that she and those she travelled with are safe after her plane was struck by lightning mid-flight.

In a statement of unwavering solidarity with the trans+ community, GAY TIMES’ philanthropic initiative Amplifund and Grey London have launched a massive nationwide campaign titled LGBT – Incomplete Without The T.

Throughout this month, Belong To has been running the It’s Our Social Media campaign. The campaign encourages us all to make social media a more positive space for LGBTQ+ young people by blocking the bad and feeding the good. I got involved with this campaign through my youth group at Belong To, and when the […]

Orlando City have been forced to apologise after the leadership of their women's team, Orlando Pride, banned a banner for using the word "Gay".The Black Swans fan group created the banner and displayed it at the club's Exploria Stadium home as part of a protest against Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill. The bill is awaiting governor Ron DeSantis' signature, but many believe that it is a clear step backward in LGBTQ+ rights.Both the men's and women's teams at Orlando have long championed LGBTQ+ rights, even issuing statements condeming the "Don't Say Gay" legislation.

Boris Johnson said that the “facts of biology” are some of the most important things to consider when distinguishing between a woman and a man.

was met with protests and opposition from parents, fellow athletes and conservative personalities.Days later, it appears Republicans have added the debate on transgender sportswomen to critical race theory on its list of hot-button issues for parents that may damage Democrats in the midterms, with Thomas the GOP's new target in the "culture wars."On Tuesday, Mississippi GOP Senator Marsha Blackburn cited Thomas in her scrutiny of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is nominated to the Supreme Court.After asking President Joe Biden's pick whether she can define what a woman is, Blackburn then asked Jackson "what message do you think this sends to girls" when they see "biological man to compete and beat a biological woman" in the NCAA swimming championships.Jackson replied she was not sure what message it sends before asking if she would like an answer with regards to potential legal issues that a court may have to decide on.Blackburn interrupted Jackson mid-speech to explain why she brought up a swimming competition in a hearing about a Supreme Court nominee."I think it tells our girls that their voices don't matter. I think it tells them that they're second-class citizens," Blackburn said.

Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson if he could be an Asian man during the third day of her confirmation hearing on Wednesday has gone viral, with more than 3.24 million views as of Thursday morning.Jackson was put forward by U.S. President Joe Biden for the position on February 25, making her the first Back female nominee for the court.Cruz has been pressing the D.C.

The Advocate on Tuesday before the art was put back. “I am not one of those artists that just ruffled feathers like that.

Gemma Collins oozed body confidence in a swimsuit snap she shared of herself on holiday. The former The Only Way Is Essex star is currently soaking up the sun in Tenerife on her first family holiday with fiance Rami Hawash, and his four year old son Tristan. In a snap of herself sitting by the pool, Gemma, 41, wore an orange strapless swimsuit, paired with sunglasses and pink sliders.

TOWIE favourite Gemma Collins sent her fans into a frenzy as she showcased her incredible weight loss while slipping into a skimpy swimsuit.Showing off the results on Instagram, Gemma looked stunning as she donned a bright orange one-piece that flaunted her glowing tan and toned frame.The self-proclaimed diva was lapping up the sun in the sultry snap as she enjoyed a relaxing day sunbathing during her tropical vacation to Tenerife.Gemma posted an empowering message alongside the snap which read: "This is ME. Very important how you speak to your subconscious about yourself," followed by the hashtags #bodybeautiful # iambodybeautiful #thisisme #iambodybeautiful.She had her bleach blonde hair swept off from her face and in an up-do and donned a pair of chunky black sunglasses to protect her eyes from the light.Her loyal legion of followers were quick to flock to the comment section and flood her with heartwarming compliments and messages.One gushing fan: "You look so beautiful, I'm so so proud of your journey."Another penned: "You look stunning! gorgeous colour on you too."A third wrote: "You look amazing.

GEMMA Collins showed off her figure as she proudly posed by the pool on her family holiday. The 41-year-old looked amazing in a strapless orange swimsuit as she defiantly told her followers: “This is ME, #bodybeautiful.” Gemma, who is an advocate for  body confidence, continued: “It’s very important how you speak to your subconscious about yourself #iambodybeautiful #thisisme.” The reality star also shared a clip of herself strutting her stuff by the pool as the empowering song This Is Me song from The Greatest Showman played.

LGBTQ+ community are more likely to have problems with drinking and experience major barriers to accessing alcohol services, a new study has found. Glasgow Caledonian University researchers called for diversity training in alcohol services and services tailored for the community.Experts called the findings "concerning" after two main themes emerged.Firstly, respondents said drinking played a central role in the community, and second, the difficulty accessing treatment and support.

 Hayes has been away from the musical spotlight for years now but is roaring back to our consciousness with a flurry of activity, including a successful promotional visit of Australia, a banging headline set to a sold-out crowd of 40,000 at the 2022 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade and announcement of his 2023 Australian tour, where he’ll be performing in six Australian cities between January and February next year.“More of a mini-film than a video – come spend seven minutes in heaven with me and my gang in our fictional CLUB U WISH!”, Hayes posted on social media.The music video, totally conceptualised by Hayes, couldn’t be described better than how the press release did it: “Hayes continues to present a version of his past that is clearly a peach tinted re-imagining of his actual life. Timelines blur with the neon and pastel of the 1980’s sitting comfortably next to a Dandy-esque 60’s presentation of the singer portraying himself having a blast.”The single is inspired by the “late 80’s drum-machine, synth-bass heavy R&B pop that influenced his youth” Savage Garden fans will know that Hayes had previously alluded to his first kiss in the 1999 song Chained To You.“Acting like a mover shaker dancin’ to Madonna then you kissed me,” Hayes sang on Savage Garden‘s sophmore record.In 2022, he re-visits the moment, but this time it is an out and proud Hayes re-telling the story and its queer elements.“After so many years of being placed in a neat and tidy package, it’s nice to remember why I got into this business in the first place: to be an artist.

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is one of Winterson’s most famous books, in which she retells her life through myths and stories, and it is a touching adventure to read while reflecting on the many shades in which everyone experiences their existence. Oranges are not, in fact, the only fruit, just as there isn’t only one way of life. Get it from Bookshop or your local bookstore via Indiebound here.Bernardine Evaristo didn’t win the Booker Prize for Fiction with this book for no reason. Girl, Woman, Other is a hymn to identity, its intersections, and women.

Democratic Party has pulled an annual fundraising event scheduled to be held at Walt Disney World following the controversy over Disney's response to the state's controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill.Hours after the party's LGBTQ+ caucus said it would skip the event in protest, the party chair issued a statement declaring their intent to reschedule and move the event, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The legislation has led to protests and walkouts among Disney employees who have voiced their frustration over the company's slow response in condemning the bill.Stephen Gaskill, head of the party's LGBTQ+ caucus, called the fact that the annual "Leadership Blue" event was still scheduled to take place during Pride Month in June "tone deaf," and urged the party to "read the room" and either cancel or move the event, the Times reported."Our timing was not ideal.

Ocean Colour Scene frontman Simon Fowler has opened up about being outed as gay by the tabloids in the 1990s.Speaking in a new interview for NME’s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! when asked about The Sun revealing his sexuality in 1998, Fowler said: “I don’t think it was a big deal. It was noticeable that our third album [1997’s] ‘Marchin’ Already’ went to Number One and knocked Oasis’ ‘Be Here Now’ off the top spot – which is when Noel Gallagher sent us a plaque: ‘Congratulations to the second greatest band in the world’.“But the album didn’t end up selling anywhere near as much as its predecessor, ‘Moseley Shoals’, overall.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Dustin Hice must pay Don Lemon $77,000 in attorneys fees. In an 18-page-long ruling, U.S.

Law could give me a trash bag and I'd thank him.No one asked, but I ordered rhinestoned fishnet gloves for this weekend — so yeah, I will be stealing this Instagram caption.

Cassie Randolph learned 'the same way that everyone else did' that her ex Colton Underwood had come out as gay.Cassie, 26, who dated Colton for over a year after meeting on The Bachelor, revealed she learned the news after coming across his Good Morning America interview on social media.'I found out the same way that everyone else did. I was actually in Mexico on vacation with friends, which was great — great to be away,' she said during an appearance on Kaitlyn Bristowe's podcast Off The Vine. 'But yeah, I found out through Snapchat on Good Morning America.

Lily Collins is the queen of Netflix. The actress visited The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and discussed all of her Netflix projects, including her new film “Windfall” and the super successful second season of “Emily in Paris.” She also talked about her wedding and how shooting in Paris streets made her schedule weekly visits to the podiatrist.Emily in Paris: Lily Collins celebrates renewal of season 3 and 4Lily Collins pays emotional tribute to dad Phil Collins on his 71st birthday: ‘I’m forever grateful’A post shared by Lily Collins (@lilyjcollins)Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell got married in September of last year. The two have a movie together coming out called “Windfall,” where Collins stars and McDowell directs.

Cassie Randolph is opening up about Colton Underwood. The 26-year-old “Bachelor” alum appeared on the latest episode of Kaitlyn Bristowe‘s “Off the Vine” podcast, and told the host how she found out that her ex was gay.

Being outed can be a traumatic event for LGBTQ individuals, and it’s especially bad when personal details become water cooler chatter in the workplace. One Reddit user revealed in the r/gay forum earlier this month that he was “beyond pissed off” because a coworker outed him to a new employee that day.“He was showing the new person around, introducing them to everyone, and when they got to me, he told them my name and added, ‘I don’t know if it matters to you or not, but he’s gay,’” this user wrote.He went on: “It is my choice and your choice who you come out to. No one, [not] even family, has the right to out you without your permission.

Like so many others, I recently sat down to watch the new Pixar movie, "Turning Red." For those who may not be aware of the film, it is a coming-of-age movie about Meilin "Mei" Lee, a 13-year-old Chinese Canadian girl growing up in Toronto in 2002. The movie blends fantastical elements into the mix, with Lee transforming into a giant red panda whenever her emotions rise.The story also gives a pretty accurate portrayal of a young teen's life and crushes, and while not entirely a metaphor for menstruation, it does treat the topic with an honesty not seen in a lot of animated fare, let alone one with the Disney name attached.Yes, that Disney, the one recently, rightfully criticized for its toothless, ham-fisted response to Florida's House Bill 1557, aka the "Don't Say Gay" bill, currently awaiting the signature of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R).

first reported the new steps to ease the process for Ukrainian refugees.The administration hasn’t yet given a number for how many refugees would be brought into the U.S. under the new actions.

Andrew Shaffer, interim co-executive director of the GLBT Historical Society, introduced the new virtual tour of the Lyon-Martin House in San Francisco's Noe Valley to a small group of invited guests March 22. Late lesbian pioneers Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin lived at the home for decades. It's where they held social events with the Daughters of Bilitis, the early lesbian group they co-founded, as well as many other gatherings.

This is the final 50 years in 50 weeks of the News section looking back at the Bay Area Reporter's half-century of covering the LGBTQ community. The Arts section's finale commemorates the paper's historic 50th anniversary issue of April 1, 2021 and the News section is highlighting the paper's June 3 issue that marks 40 years of the AIDS epidemic.

Following weeks of back-and-forth discussions between a gay San Francisco man and the organizers of a support group for people living with HIV over the age of 50, he has decided against rejoining the group after being subjected to what he said were humiliating and shaming comments from other group members, as well as a facilitator.Michael Misenti, 67, signed up to participate in a support group sponsored by Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital's Ward 86, the hospital's HIV care and research center, in 2021. The group is a part of Ward 86's This text will be the linkGolden Compass Program>, which was designed specifically for people living with HIV over the age of 50.

The San Francisco Redistricting Task Force is facing criticism for a preliminary map that divides supervisorial District 8, home to the Castro, Noe Valley, Duboce Triangle, Dolores Heights, Corona Heights, and other neighborhoods.The task force convened a meeting March 18 specifically to take public comment on Districts 8 and 9, which includes the Mission, Bernal Heights, and Portola. More than 100 people addressed the body, with most critical of the proposed boundaries for the two supervisor districts.

He may be the underdog in the race for the vacant 17th Assembly District seat, but former supervisor David Campos knows what it's like to fight for causes he believes in. In this case, he's fighting for not only the LGBTQ community — Campos is a gay Latino man — but for all of his would-be constituents in what has become in these closing weeks a slugfest between him and his opponent, District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney. We wish that wasn't happening, but negative attacks work, research has found, and candidates can't seem to help themselves.During last month's primary, Campos and Haney were the top two finishers, resulting in their square off in the special general election April 19.

The San Francisco Arts Commission has welcomed a lesbian Iranian woman to the panel after Mayor London Breed swore her in earlier this month.Mahsa Hakimi, who also identifies as queer, is an attorney who founded Hakimi Law in 2003 in San Francisco. She specializes in intellectual property issues and protecting the creative talent and business interests of artists and entrepreneurs, a news release from the mayor's office stated.

Whether when he lived in San Francisco or after moving to New York City, Martin Greenberg could always rely on strangers he encountered on the street to help him navigate either city. As a deaf, legally blind gay man, he would carry a written out message asking people for help, for instance, crossing the street.But when COVID-19 emerged in early 2020, and New York City went into lockdown, Greenberg found it near impossible to leave his East Village apartment. If he did, he would often be the only person out on the streets of Manhattan, with no one to provide him assistance.

While longtime San Franciscans tend to loathe large capital infrastructure projects, there is one project that neighborhood groups and neighbors agree on that deserves public support: the long-awaited reimagining of Harvey Milk Plaza and the Castro Muni station, at Castro and Market streets.As president of the Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association since 2020, an involved Castro resident since 2013, and a former board member of the GLBT Historical Society, I've gotten to watch and participate as the Harvey Milk Plaza redesign project began in its infancy and has now progressed to a fully formed, ready-to-go plan. The Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza organization has engaged in a robust multi-year community engagement program that has unequivocally obtained and incorporated numerous layers of feedback from a wide swath of community stakeholders.

Almost two years to the day when then-named Lyon-Martin Health Services announced a massive potential cut in its services, the 43-year-old clinic for women and transgender people is striking back out on its own with a new name, severing a seven-year relationship with a statewide chain of medical centers.Merged in 2015 with HealthRIGHT 360, a network of medical and substance-abuse counseling clinics that now has branches in 13 Bay Area and Southern California counties, Lyon-Martin leaders had hoped the merger would ease its ongoing financial instability. In 2011, just four years before the merger, the clinic was nearly shut down after its board announced the organization was nearly $1 million in debt.

Persistence has paid off for transgender nurse Veronika Fimbres, as the Green Party member has qualified to appear on the June 7 primary ballot as a candidate for California insurance commissioner. She is the first known transgender statewide office seeker to make it onto a general election ballot in California, as well as the first person living with HIV to do so.Twice before she had attempted to qualify as a candidate, first in the 2018 gubernatorial race.

Last month, when Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to hire three people with histories of homophobic views and statements was met with outrage from members of the L.G.B.T.Q. community, he agreed to meet to hear their grievances. Some attendees described the meeting as productive, but Mr.

The Massachusetts Medical Society and the Fenway Institute urge FDA to change blood donor policy for men who have sex with menOur nation’s health care system continues to deal with a myriad of challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many of which are complex and will likely require a substantial amount of time to address and correct, according to Fenway Institute.One of the most pressing issues in the delivery of quality care, however, can be mitigated by rescinding a policy that is discriminatory and not based on sound science. The physicians of the Massachusetts Medical Society and The Fenway Institute urge the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revoke its policy on unnecessary scrutiny and subsequent exclusion of men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood — a simple, safe step that will expand a blood supply that is perilously low across all health care settings.

In 1966, three years before the Stonewall Riot in NYC, the Transgender community took action against police abuses in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District. A documentary called Screaming Queens: the Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria was made about the incident.

WCCB about Fezco, the dog who was abandoned by his owners for humping another male dog. “It was one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard,” Nichols said of the reason given for leaving Fezco with Stanly County Animal Protective Services. “That’s just pack behavior.” He said he and Winn looked at each other after hearing the news story and decided to adopt the abandoned dog.Nichols told TMZ that he felt a connection to the dog, who was being unfairly discriminated against, just as he and Winn have been in their own lives. According to the The Charlotte Observer, Nichols then drove about an hour from their home to Albemarle, located about 40 miles northeast of Charlotte, to adopt the dog, who he and Winn have renamed Oscar, after Oscar Wilde, a gay Irish poet and playwright in the early 1890s.Nichols said the application wanted to make sure that whoever adopted Oscar would be committed to nursing him back to health.

Good morning. Today we’ll look at how Ukrainians in New York responded to Russia’s invasion. And on Staten Island, the St.