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Mario Lopez has apologised for his “ignorant and insensitive” comments about transgender children. Earlier this week, the television host and journalist – who gained international recognition for his role as A.C Slater on Saved by the Bell – criticised Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron’s decision to allow her child to live as a girl. “If you’re three years old and you’re saying you’re feeling a certain way or you think you’re a boy or a girl or whatever the case may be,...

Mario Lopez, the actor and TV host who became well known for his role as A.C. Slater in the ’90s-era teen series Saved by the Bell, criticized the parents of transgender children during his appearance on The Candace Owens Show, saying that allowing kids to assert their gender at a young age may be “dangerous” and have “repercussions” later on. Though the interview originally took place in June of this year, his comments have only recently received greater attention. The discussion...

Actor and television personality Mario Lopez is facing backlash for claiming it’s “dangerous” for parents to support children who identify as transgender. Lopez, a father of three and co-host of the entertainment news program “Extra”, shared his opinions during a June interview on The Candace Owens Show, a PragerU video series hosted by the 30-year-old right-wing figure, but the clips have only recently attracted attention on social media. During the 40-minute interview, Owens noted that Lopez’s son has “boyish” interests, and...

Mario Lopez has received universal backlash for his recent transphobic comments. The television host and journalist – who gained international recognition for his role as A.C Slater on Saved by the Bell – criticised Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron’s decision to allow her child to live as a girl. “I thought she was a boy, too, until she looked at me when she was three years old and said, ‘I am not a boy’,” Charlize said earlier this year, explaining that she’s...

A top Border Patrol official told lawmakers at a Thursday House Judiciary Committee that his agents are authorized to separate parents from their children if the parents are HIV positive because “it’s a communicable disease under guidance.” Border Patrol chief of law enforcement Brian Hastings said during an exchange with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) that such separations are permitted under guidelines that cover communicable diseases. When Raskin asked if HIV status was enough to separate a parent from their...

Given that the two teams in the Women’s World Cup final had the most out lesbians and bisexuals in history with five apiece, and with 40 out players and coaches in the entire tournament, there was bound to be some girl-on-girl kissing at some point. The final scored a combined television audience of 14.27 million viewers on Fox, according to the network and Nielsen, which peaked at 19.6 million. And since a lot of people now get their entertainment...

Michael Neri is a drama teacher in England, and he’s pretty popular. His Talking Props Theatre School that he set up in 2014 had a good enough reputation for a Christian woman to sign her kids up. But when she learned that Neri is gay, she texted him to pull the kids out. Her reason? She’s worried that theater lessons with a gay man will “influence” her children with “unconventional ideas.” That is, she thought he’d turn her kids gay. And as if...

CBC’s Jessi Cruickhank sat down with a panel of youngsters to talk about gay pride, coming out of the closet, gay marriage, and gay celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, Neil Patrick Harris, Anderson Cooper, Ricky Martin, and more.

A new study led by a Belgian neurologist found that brain activity in transgender people resembles that found in cisgender people of their gender more than their sex assigned at birth. Julie Bakker of the University of Liege led the research, which involved MRI scans of 160 transgender people diagnosed with gender dysphoria who were children and teenagers. The scans also measures brain microstructures using a technique called diffusion tensor imaging. Their brain scans were compared to people of comparable age...

Looking for a cute or terrifying makeover? Gay dads win everytime! It’s that time of the year again… whether trick and treating, pumpkin picking or just dressing up for the hell of it, gay dads show us some of their family fun. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka shared their annual Halloween image to Instagram (above) – check out more below. 2. Little monsters! https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba1leBWDCBT/ Dads Chris and Chris Palmarozza with triplets Connor, Logan and Parker. The little ones enjoyed their first Halloweed...

The Australian Psychological Society (APS) has released a guide for how to talk to children about same-sex marriage, as Australians prepare to vote in a postal survey on the issue. The APS is Australia's largest professional organisation for psychologists, with more than 22,000 members. It released the guide last week and has an official position of supporting marriage equality. Dr Susie Burke, a senior psychologist with the APS, told BuzzFeed News the first thing adults should know is that they can...

The Big Brother's Bit on the Side host is already stepdad to Dan's 17-year-old son. Rylan Clark-Neal has revealed that he hopes to have children with his husband Dan, and that he’d put his TV career on hold for a year in order to do so. Rylan, 28, who married Dan in November 2015, said that he’s always wanted to have kids. The Big Brother’s Bit on the Side host has been in a relationship with Dan since 2013, when the former...

'I like the noise of children running around the house' Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef aren’t sure of a wedding date yet but they are sure that they want a bigger family. ‘I want a big family,’ Martin tells CBS Sunday Morning. Martin’s twins Matteo and Valentino are now 8 and since the day they were born Martin says ‘Everything changes. It’s not about you anymore. There’s no more sleeping late (laughs).’ Now when he thinks of family, it’s no longer as a...

Lindsay Amer has recently started a YouTube channel called Queer Kid Stuff which aims to teach children about the LGBT community in a way that they can understand. Talking about the LGBT community from a young age is important in teaching kids about the world they will grow up in and also help them be more accepting. However, talking about it can be challenging for many parents or people part of the upbringing of a child. In the series, Lindsay Amer so far has...