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There were mixed results for LGBTQ+ candidates in Tuesday’s primaries in New York and Florida, with a notable loss for Mondaire Jones, one of the first Black gay members of Congress.Jones, first elected in 2020 from a district in the suburbs north of New York City, had moved to run in a newly created congressional district, the 10th, covering parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. He was one of several U.S. House members affected by court-ordered redistricting in New York State.

placed in the same district as fellow Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, another openly gay member of Congress — and powerful head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.Despite living in the new 17th Congressional District, most of Maloney’s old constituents live in the new 18th District, yet Maloney insisted on running where he resides. Rather than challenge Maloney in a primary, Jones decided to relocate to the new, incumbent-free 10th Congressional District located in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.

A high school in Springfield, Missouri welcomed back students for the first day of classes on Monday, but just outside the campus, protesters gathered.In fact, two separate protests were held Monday at Kickapoo High School after Principal Bill Powers told teachers to remove any LGBTQ Pride flags from their classrooms before the school year kicked off.The teachers were told the flags violate a school district policy on employee speech and conduct, but that explanation isn’t cutting it for local LGBTQ and ally activists.Related: Florida high school enacts insane new LGBTQ policy and everyone’s thinking the same thingOne of the protests was organized by drag artist Brett Baxley, who graduated from a school in the same district in 2018.“Issues in Springfield Public Schools are really close to my heart. As an existing queer person in SPS, I know how difficult it can be in this area,” Baxley told the Springfield News-Leader.

Chris, the lead singer of French pop act Christine and the Queens, has shared an update on his journey with gender.

The disco balls at gay bars have been spinning to the music of Taylor Dayne for three decades. We recognized the ’80s icon watching Electra Owl lip-sync for her life on Rupaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race episode 1. You can’t hide pop legends from millennial gays! So, it was all the more surprising that she had to lip-sync for her life again in episode 2, this time being eliminated.

ITV boss Kevin Lygo has warned that the only way to make risk-free versions of shows like Love Island would be to scrap them altogether. He defended the ITV2 dating contest against criticism of misogynistic behaviour on this year’s series claiming its duty of care process was "more rigorous than ever." But Kevin warned that preventing on-screen controversies on reality TV shows would mean barring members of the public that they rely on.

Top Gun in his latest campaign video. DeSantis sports a bomber jacket and poses in the cockpit of a fighter jet, recreating scenes from the Tom Cruise-starring movies.In the ‘Top Gov’ ad, DeSantis (R) poses as a trainer of fresh recruits at ‘Freedom Headquarters’, informing them about “taking on the corporate media.”It’s intercut with footage of him verbally sparring with journalists during press conferences.

Only Murders in the Building premiered on streaming services last night, so upfront – no spoilers from the finale are contained in this article. (You’re welcome).The show, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez is set in the fictional Arconia building – believed to be inspired by the real-life Ansonia hotel in New York. Most viewers who were tuning in last night are probably unaware of the extensive queer history that comes from the basement of the Ansonia.Imagine it – the year is 1968.

The life story of American Christian superstar Tammy Faye is going to become a musical, coming to London in October of this year, and it has a stellar cast of queer creatives behind it. The world premiere of the musical Tammy Faye will take place in October at the Almeida Theatre, a “small” theatre in […]

Jeremy Pope has taken on a new role as marine that hasn’t come out to his peers in his upcoming film, The Inspection.

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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) one of nine openly gay members of Congress, fended off a primary contender Tuesday in the New York’s Democratic primary to keep a seat in the U.S. House, a boon for LGBTQ representation even though he has drawn the ire of many progressives in his party.

Elegance Bratton will make his narrative debut as writer-director in A24’s upcoming movie, The Inspection, which stars out actor Jeremy Pope (One Night In Miami, Pose). The trailer released today reveals that the drama is inspired by true events from the filmmaker’s life as a closeted gay man in the Marines. The film will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival at the beginning of September and will close the 60th New York Film Festival in October.“I’m incredibly humbled that my debut feature film will close the New York Film Festival this year,” Bratton said in a statement, according to IndieWire. “So many of my favorite filmmakers have made an impact as a part of this illustrious program.

Rihanna fans are tired of waiting for new music and will take any opportunity to remind her of it.However, unlike other long-suffering stans (say, Normani supporters), Rihanna’s Navy™ occasionally have to deal with feeling like their fave is playing in their faces.Not since her Fenty Furniture musings have fans felt this as much as they do now, following the launch of Fenty Beauty’s new “Ketchup or Makeup” collab with MSCHF.Fenty Beauty has launched a makeup collaboration inspired by ketchup, with MSCHF.The ‘Ketchup Or Makeup’ set consists of six identical packets of “ketchup.” Some of the packets will contain Fenty Beauty’s Gloss Bomb lip gloss, and the others will be filled with actual ketchup. pic.twitter.com/L2eEtFIfnm— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 23, 2022It’s unclear whether this packet assortment will be equal parts “Gloss Bomb” and ketchup, or if each set is randomized.

Bavarian Nordic, the small Danish company which patented the only usable Monkeypox vaccine, will share its technology and production know-how with biotech company Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM) in a deal which promises to optimise production and help combat the vaccine shortage. “This announcement, which is the result of extensive coordination between [the Biomedical Advance […]

The Inspection, a highly anticipated drama set to make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.Hollywood breakout Jeremy Pope stars as Ellis French, a young Black man—loosely based on Bratton—rejected by his own mother for being gay. With nowhere else to turn, French enlists in the Marines, which offers both a lifeline and further complications as he struggles to hide his sexuality in a time before Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.Related: Jeremy Pope, Jim Parsons & Jake Picking dish on the ‘Hollywood’ casting couchAs if the grueling routine of basic training wasn’t enough, French encounters homophobia at all levels, from fellow recruits to commanding officers, who nearly push him to his breaking point.

She sang, she played the keys, and she rocked a suit like the best of them.

Maybelle Blair, the former professional baseball player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a game at Dodger Stadium on Sunday as part of the team’s Women’s Day celebration.The 95-year-old Blair, whose character was one of the inspirations for the 1992 movie and new Amazon series entitled A League of Their Own, later joined broadcasters Joe Davis and legendary Hall of Fame Dodger pitcher Oral Hershiser in the broadcasting booth to reminisce about the game.“I grew up loving baseball and I’ll die loving baseball,” Blair told Hershiser and Davis. She also revealed she became a fan of the Dodgers while growing up in her nearby Inglewood, Calif., even though the team played in Brooklyn, New York, at the time.

It’s all over in court for NeNe Leakes and her lawsuit against Andy Cohen. For now, at least…

Harry Styles has said My Policeman will feature “tender and loving” gay sex scenes.The singer and actor will soon be starring in the period romance film, directed by Michael Grandage, which follows a 1950s married British policeman who has an affair with a museum curator.Styles plays the policeman opposite David Dawson as the curator, while The Crown star Emma Corrin plays Styles’ wife.“I think everyone, including myself, has [their] own journey with figuring out sexuality and getting more comfortable with it,” Styles said while discussing the film in an interview with Rolling Stone.“It’s not like, ‘This is a gay story about these guys being gay.’ It’s about love and about wasted time to me.”Discussing the sex scenes in particular, Styles added: “So much of gay sex in film is two guys going at it, and it kind of removes the tenderness from it.“There will be, I would imagine, some people who watch it who were very much alive during this time when it was illegal to be gay, and [director Michael Grandage] wanted to show that it’s tender and loving and sensitive.”My Policeman adapts Bethan Roberts’ 2012 novel of the same name, and will be released in UK cinemas on October 21 before landing on Prime Video on November 4.Harry Styles also revealed that he is already working on ideas for his next solo album.“I’m always writing,” he said, after releasing his third album ‘Harry’s House’ earlier this year. “I think all of us are so excited to get back to it, which feels insane because we’ve just put an album out.”

leaked a series of DMs from actress Amandla Stenberg has deleted her Twitter and TikTok accounts.Lena Wilson, a freelance writer with The New York Times, had been attacked over her response to Stenberg's DMs.The actress sent a private message to Wilson after she wrote a negative review of the slasher movie Bodies Bodies Bodies.Wilson panned the horror release, which stars 23-year-old Stenberg alongside Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott, Lee Pace and Pete Davidson.The film follows the story of a group of rich Gen Z-ers partying at a remote mansion.Wilson described the film in her August 4 review as "bloated with pompous irony" and that it was "perfectly tailored to one of [production company] A24's key demographics: bougie 25-year-olds who value branding over substance."The one line in the review that Stenberg was especially unhappy with was Wilson's comments on cleavage."The only thing that really sets Bodies Bodies Bodies apart is its place in the A24 hype machine, where it doubles as a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage and Charli XCX's latest single," Wilson wrote.Stenberg's DM to Wilson read: "Maybe if you had gotten ur eyes off my t**s you could've watched the movie!"Wilson shared that Instagram DM to her Twitter weeks later, but then followed it up with a TikTok response calling out the actress, accusing Stenberg—who identifies as gay—of homophobia.In the video, Wilson started: "Hey, Amandla! Generally a big fan of your work, but this sure is something.

American Idol Sanjaya Malakar said he's bisexual, and was not aware of such when he became a national sensation appearing on the talent competition in 2007.Malakar, 32, appearing on the podcast The Adam Sank Show Monday, chat about his time on the show and the years since, as well as his sexuality.'I identify as bisexual,' Malakar told Sank, adding that 'at the time' he was a contestant on the show - when there was speculation over his sexuality - he 'did not know, which was why it was so weird.' The latest: American Idol Sanjaya Malakar, 32, said he's bisexual, and was not aware of such when he became a national sensation appearing on the talent competition in 2007The Seattle native was 17 when he initially tried out for the show in 2006 with his sister Shyamali, and made it into the show's top 10 in an unlikely ascent - as judge Simon Cowell had criticized his vocals as 'utterly horrendous' - but was popular with viewers who continued to vote for him.He was eventually eliminated in the top seven, after performing songs such as Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's Ain't No Mountain High Enough, No Doubt's Bathwater and Irving Berlin's Cheek to Cheek. Malakar, who currently works as a bartender and pastry chef, said that he was 'raised by women' and eventually got involved with theater.'I had a hard time figuring out how to interact with young boys because my dad's from India and grew up in a temple, so there was never like, "This is how you are a boy,"' he said.

Courtney Charles is a New York-based artist and photographer whose goal is to “infuse the world with color and visions of the future.”His new “Sexy Ken” series is all about breaking down gay stereotypes and traditional notions of masculinity.“With the Ken series, I hope to show that there isn’t just one common ideal for the modern man,” Charles tells Out. “Regardless of who you are, you can still be the ‘plastic-perfect’ version of yourself.”Related: That time Mattel made a gay Ken doll then freaked out when everyone else freaked outFor the series, Charles took pictures of men then airbrushed away their nipples, crotches, and any imperfections to give them a glossy, glass-like doll appearance.“Breaking down stereotypes has been a major factor in choosing the proper Ken theme,” he explains. “A black astronaut, an Asian cowboy, etc. For other Ken models, it has been a matter of embracing what one may consider a stereotype.”Scroll down for a sampling of the “Sexy Ken” series… Olympic Gymnast Ken (@jackm589) got TENS, TENS, TENS ACROSS THE BOARD! ? .

Republican candidate running for a seat in Oklahoma's state House once said it is "totally just" to kill gay people in comments that have resurfaced amid his campaign.Scott Esk is running to represent Oklahoma's 87th House District, which includes parts of Oklahoma City. He is set to face another Republican Gloria Banister in a Tuesday runoff, but his campaign has faced scrutiny in recent days over the resurfaced comments, which began nearly a decade earlier.

(CNN) — Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the country will repeal the colonial-era Section 377A of Singapore's Penal Code, thereby decriminalizing gay sex in Singapore, but added that same-sex marriage will continue to be illegal in the city-state."Sex between consenting men should not be criminalized. There is no justification to prosecute people for it, nor to make it a crime," he said at his annual policy address, the National Day Rally, carried live on television."I believe (repeal) is the right thing to do, and something that most Singaporeans will now accept.

A League of Their Own delves a bit more into stories about race and sexuality during the 1940s as we get a glimpse into the players' lives on the field and off.

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adapting A League of Their Own into a TV series in 2017. Will and Abbi wanted to expand on the subtext that is seen in the 1992 film and bring it to the forefront, namely the inclusion of queer and BIPOC characters in the central story. This is my random segue to say that if you loved A League of Their Own, go watch Dickinson on Apple TV+.

Anthony Fauci, who’s as leading epidemiologist advised seven presidents and had a major role in the HIV/AIDS and COVID epidemics, has confirmed his plan to step down for his role in the U.S. government.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 19, 2022) — The National LGBTQ Task Force is pleased to announce registration for the 35th Creating Change Conference is now open. We expect thousands to join us in San Francisco, California, from Friday to Tuesday, February 17-21, 2023.

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linked to several famous women, including Olivia Wilde.

Pop sensation Harry Styles has responded to claims he cannot be queer because his previous relationships have been with women.

A recent study conducted by Dublin City University unveiled that more than half of LGBTQ+ pupils in secondary school experience harassment on a daily basis in Ireland. The results from the survey also show that both students and teachers who witness homophobic and transphobic abuse in school fail to intervene appropriately. As reported by the […]

Drag Race Down Under star Minnie Cooper claimed there was intense conflict between her and the other cast members on the series.

HBO has released another teaser for its upcoming series, The Idol, and it’s set to feature more LGBTQ+ talent.

While OnlyFans is pretty much synonymous with X-rated entertainment, it’s also become a platform where celebrities can engage with their fans and drop behind-the-scenes content – for those who are willing to pay a monthly fee, at least. Whether you’re looking for exclusive content and early access to your fave’s latest endeavors or just in it for the sexy pics and videos, these are the top eight male celebs on OnlyFans you should subscribe to right now. RELATED: Ellen’s ‘Nick The Gardener’ makes thirsty OnlyFans debutTyler Posey is a bit of a polarizing figure in the LGBTQ community. When the former Teen Wolf launched his OnlyFans page, he was met with accusations of queerbaiting from several users on the platform.

Britney Spears and Elton John have finally announced the release date for their highly anticipated duet. 

(CNN) — At first it was Covid. Now it's monkeypox.

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GEMMA Collins has revealed her glamorous new hair do after a trip to a top salon - as she spots long blonde extensions. The former The Only Way Is Essex star could be seen posing in the salon chair as she headed for a visit to Netohair in London. Gemma, 41, looked glamorous as she stepped out of the salon in a velour two-piece tracksuit, letting her hair flown down her chest.

(CNN) Organizers have canceled a free concert at New Orleans's upcoming LGBTQ+ festival Southern Decadence due to the threat of monkeypox.The larger six-day festival, September 1-5, will continue as planned, as it always has since 1973 with the exception of when there were hurricanes and the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The popular event typically attracts about 250,000 people.

Amandla Stenberg and Lena Wilson have set Film Twitter on fire.

Brain Damage, a 1988 film that’s about as unhinged as it gets.Set in the pre-NYU takeover days of New York, the film concerns Brian, a young man who goes to bed with flu symptoms and wakes up with a slithering, talking penis puppet on his hands. Yup, that’s what happens.

keeping it raw in her songs that can make you feel like you’re a fly on the wall of her therapy sessions.Her new album “Holy Fvck” — which dropped on Friday, the day before the former Disney Channel star turns 30 — unapologetically addresses the issues she’s dealt with regarding her addiction, sexuality and mental-health struggles.Lovato comes out firing on the first track “Freak,” a thrashing rave-up with punk-rocker Yungblud on which she embraces the power of being an outcast: “Get your tickets to the freak show, baby/Step right up to watch the freak go crazy.”Then on another rocking cut, “Skin of My Teeth,” Lovato — who has been open about her struggles with addiction — admits that “I’m alive by the skin of my teeth.”And the pop star is very much aware of the fish bowl that she lives in as she deals with her own recovery journey: “Demi leaves rehab again/When is this shit gonna end?/Sounds like the voice in my head/I can’t believe I’m not dead.”Meanwhile, the guitar-charged takedown “Eat Me” — featuring Royal & the Serpent — gives the middle finger to all the haters who have shaded her for how she identifies: The singer came out as non-binary and was using they/them pronouns, but she has recently adopted using she/her as well again.“Would you like me better if I was still her?/Did she make your mouths water?…I know the s—t that I’ve ignored/I know the girl that you adored/She’s dead, it’s time to f—king mourn.”And on the confessional power ballad “Happy Ending,” Lovato shares her struggle with depression — and how she’s tried to cope with it: “I got high/You name it, I’ve tried it/Sure, I’m sober now/And everybody’s proud/But I miss my vices.”

Fans of Trainwreck or the HBO Max series Peacemaker already know how much of a “goofball” John Cena can be on screen–with or without clothes–but where did he find the confidence to let it all hang out?It turns out you can address those thank you letters to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.The two stars both found their not-so-humble beginnings as WWE wrestlers, with The Rock being first to make the jump to the silver screen in movies like The Mummy Returns and The Rundown.Cena recently revealed during a Q&A at Comic-Con in Wales that he turned to The Rock for advice when he wanted to take his career to the next level.“I was able to ask him, ‘Hey man, do you have any advice’?” Cena recalled.Related: That time The Rock was warned doing gay-for-pay would ruin his career… and he did it anywayCena already had a handful of acting credits, but his then-upcoming role in Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck in 2015 required him to tap into his comedy chops.“He said, ‘They asked you there for a reason dude; just be yourself.’“He, in that one sentence, allowed me to calm down,” Cena said. “Allowed me to be myself, which, I’m really a goofball.”Trainwreck required him to be that goofball “on screen,” he said.