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A Spanish man who reported being assaulted has admitted that his injuries were consensual, the interior ministry has said.Spain had been left in shock after the apparent violent homophobic assault in broad daylight in central Madrid last Sunday.The 20-year-old victim at first said he had been attacked by eight masked men in the lobby of his apartment building in the fashionable Malasaña district.Police initially reported that the attackers used homophobic language, slashed the man's mouth with a knife, and then carved a slur into one of his buttocks.But the apparent victim has now admitted that the injuries were caused while he was having sex with another person.Police officers had visited the man's apartment to take a new witness statement

Filmmaker Ry Russo-Young has built a successful career in Hollywood, directing The Sun Is Also a Star (2019) and Before I Fall (2017), among other titles. Those two films were fictional tales adapted from novels, but for real-life drama she need look no further than her own childhood.

Take Back Oak Lawn will be hosting a candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, in memory of Jason Dixon, the young man shot to death early last Monday morning, Sept. 20, near the intersection of Hall and Reagan streets.

The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night from writer Kausar Mohammed (East of La Brea) and director Fawzia Mirza (Signature Move).The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11.“A queer Muslim woman adds another wild card to a gathering that’s already plenty unpredictable when she brings her new partner to her family’s holiday festivities, in director Fawzia Mirza’s buoyant and big-hearted comedy,” reads the official synopsis for The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night.“Having a queer Muslim Brown rom-com world premiere at one of the most important film festivals in the world is revolutionary,” Mirza said ahead of the premiere.

Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell make their first public appearance as a married couple on Tuesday night (September 21) in Berlin, Germany!

Senate and the House introduced a bill addressing bullying and harassment of LGBTQ college students on the 11th anniversary of Tyler Clementi's death.Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, along with Representative Mark Pocan, also of Wisconsin, presented the legislation which would require colleges and universities that receive federal funding to pass policies dedicated to ending harassment and bullying of minority identities like sexual orientation and gender.If passed, the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act would require higher education institutions to establish policies that prohibit harassment of enrolled students by classmates, faculty and staff based on race, color, national origin,

Richard: "[Jonathan] offered me tickets to go and see it, and I resisted because I knew if I saw the person playing Hugo in the theatre, I would never have had the courage to go and do it myself. I would have constantly thought, they should've got that guy because he's so much better than me!"Jonathan: "I pursued them and begged! Sharon has such wit, charisma, and complexity about her.

It's funny because it's trueeeee.

Gay City News.Twelve people, including Johnson, have died in New York City jails so far this year.New York’s chief medical examiner said that determining the cause of Johnson’s death would require more time, the outlet reported. The family requested a toxicology report.“Inmates came forward saying he had been complaining of stomach pain for days,” Johnson’s mother, Tracy Johnson, told Gay City News.

Folsom Street Presents: MEGAHOOD2021 is the long-awaited celebration we all need after a year of virtual hibernation.We asked around for the word on the street, and here’s the tea according to local queers. This is the definitive guide for Folsom Street Presents: MEGAHOOD2021, so be sure to check back for updates on everything you need to know to get the most out of this very San Francisco event.To mitigate the risks of COVID-19, the footprint of the fair has been modified to reduce crowd density.

Covid Vaccine, Covid’s Ability to Morphe and the Attacks from the Religious Right on Others But Not ThemselvesBy: Chris Gilmore/TRT Columnist—I am going on a couple of tangents to drive these points home. They are about vaccines, Covid, religion, and what anyone does with their bodies while they’re trying to live authentically, like anyone else on the planet, as most of us do whether we are a member of this community or not. COVIDHow long will this last? This question is for Trumpists, QAnon cultists, or others who somehow disbelieve science or vaccines, for one reason or another.

The recent appearance of Hungarian diplomats at a San Francisco City Hall gathering has been criticized by Hungarian Americans and LGBTQ leaders, and has resulted in Mayor London Breed vowing to tighten up vetting for future events.

Horizons Foundation has announced 18 Bay Area LGBTQ nonprofits were recipients of a total $250,000 in grants from the foundation's LGBTQ Resilience and Recovery Fund. These grants will fund direct services for the most underserved in the Bay Area LGBTQ community, who continue to face significant challenges in meeting basic needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, a September 20 news release stated.

There are many who seem shocked with the rapidity that some transgender and nonbinary people will transition. To them, it seems like overnight someone will go from coming out to a whole new visible presence. Physical changes will be sought in what seems like a blink of the eye.

The May 18, 1995 issue of the Bay Area Reporter featured a half-page ad on page 3 from the Indiana estate of Phil Causey, a San Francisco gay man who died of AIDS in 1991. According to a news article in the May 11 issue, the ad was part of a legal settlement obtained by two local attorneys on behalf of Billy Howard Jones, who had charged Causey's brother, James, of blocking Causey's domestic partner Mark Wilson from being the beneficiary of Causey's estate and kicking him out of the apartment he was promised he could live in rent-free.Jones had begun dating Wilson after Causey's death and cared for him until Wilson died.

The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District, created by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2018, is 22 city blocks in the South of Market neighborhood that have been home to numerous leather and kink venues since the 1960s.

The decision last week by organizers of Gay Games XI in Hong Kong to postpone the event for one year until November 2023 seemingly materialized at the last moment without warning.

During a bill signing ceremony Wednesday focused on legislation strengthening reproductive health care services in California, Governor Gavin Newsom also signed into law legislation that protects the health care privacy of LGBTQ patients and others.

A new transgender advisory council formed by Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis includes nine members, but none from a San Francisco-based group.

First-time political candidate Jennifer Esteen has been scooping up early endorsements from around the Bay Area for her 2022 bid for Alameda County's 20th Assembly District seat, currently held by Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward). The Democrat has called the East Bay home for nearly two decades, and as the daughter of a Black mom and a Jewish dad, she would be the first out Black member of the Legislative LGBTQ Caucus if elected.

California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis recently announced that she's formed a transgender advisory council made up of trans leaders from around the state to foster dialogue between state leaders and the transgender community. While we are pleased that she's taken that step — and the nine people selected do represent various geographic areas around the Golden State — one locale is missing from the table: there is no one from a San Francisco-based agency serving on it.This is unfortunate for a number of reasons.

After the lack of an in-person event last year, South of Market is once again ringing out with the sounds of house beats, whips, and howls. Leather Week is here.The week began with a revitalized LeatherWalk from City Hall to Eagle Plaza Sunday, September 19.

The beloved performer died on Tuesday (21 September) after reportedly battling a short illness.

The Castro LGBTQ Cultural District will be reopening its Saturday vaccination clinic in the parking lot at 18th and Collingwood streets, nestled by Toad Hall and Walgreens, beginning September 25.