Alabama’s Transgender Youth Can Use Medicine to Transition, Judge Rules

here I’d already been bullied at school for being camp; though, I always fought back. I was regularly called into the headmaster’s office for punching lads who had called me gay or faggot or ‘la poof’ – which was a favourite phrase of one particular boy. He wasn’t French, by the way, just desperate to make his insult even more fabulous.

CBS News Miami. She also became the go-to DJ for Madonna, at the time the world’s biggest pop star was also a Miami resident. Eventually, Young started remixing for the superstar, work that has continued through the decades.

I have done makeup for one of my idols Carson Kressley, the original cast of 'Queer Eye' and now the judge of 'Ru Paul's Drag Race'. I was assigned to do his makeup during a Miss USA and Miss Universe pageant. And I was really happy because he was one of the first representations within the LGBTQ community that a person can be out and proud and also be celebrated on TV, which was not common at all in Japan.I was also a part of Queer Eye.

The seventh season of Married At First Sight UK is set to feature two LGBTQ+ couples.

Dan Levy has opened up about his Netflix untitled romantic comedy in a new interview.

Fire Island star Joel Kim Booster revealed the deleted scenes he wished made the final cut.

Lukas Gage clapped back at a critic after he was called out for accepting LGBTQ+ roles.

Bloomberg.com reports that the case is Ellis v. Google LLC, Google having to pay out $118 million settlement to over 15,000 female employees for gender discrimination. The settlement was reached immediately upon conclusion of the case and involves women across 236 job titles.

Twitter by Syrian journalist Alissa Azar, who claimed that it showed numerous Patriot Front members being detained and arrested by police. According to her account bio, Azar covers right-wing violence in the Pacific Northwest.

ABOVE: Hanging — or hung? — Chad.

DANCING On Ice star Vanessa Bauer has told for the first time how she was suicidal after battling eating disorders from the age of seven. As a teen she was one of Germany’s best Olympic skating hopes — but grew obsessed with her weight after cruel coaches branded her a “fat cow”. By the age of 15 Vanessa was trapped in a vicious circle which saw her make herself vomit up to eight times a day in a desperate attempt to stay skinny.

“You Can Live Forever” makes its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.

The first Arlington Pride celebration, hosted by HELP Center for LGBT Health and Wellness at its East South Street location, was a rousing success. Organizers said they had expected maybe 100 people to show up, and they were surprised and thrilled when about five times that many people showed up for the festivities.

Norse mythology — of queerness and gender fluidity — to the MCU canon in the eponymous series “Loki.” During a conversation with Lily James for Variety’s Actors on Actors, the actor championed it as a “small step” that was “really important” for him to portray.In “Loki” Episode 3, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it comment from Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) posits whether the God of Mischief has had any romantic relationships as of late with “would-be princesses or perhaps, another prince.” Loki answers that there’s been a “bit of both.” Earlier on, in the pilot episode, an Easter egg confirms Loki’s gender as fluid.“It’s a small step. There’s so much more to do.

Azealia Banks is making headlines for having abizarre meltdown during the Wynwood Pride concert on Friday, which ended with her storming off the stage.After performing just four songs during her headlining set, the31-year-old rapper began going off about howpromoters kept changing her call times.'I'm really not happy to be here. I'm trying y'all, but it's difficult,' she told her fans right before her microphone was cut out as shesaid, 'I really don't wanna f**king be here.' Tikes: Azealia Banks is making headlines for having a bizarre meltdown during the Wynwood Pride concert, which ended with her storming off the stage; seen in 2018 The moment, which showed the 212 hitmaker standing on stage with her breasts fully exposed in a daring black ensemble, prompted the crowd to loudly start booing her.

Doctor Who - has said that “white, middle-aged, straight actors" like him have become “the pariahs of the industry”. He also lamented that “opportunities” for the likes of him are “shrinking”.

Fire Island — at a Saks Fifth Avenue Pride event, I was seized by cliché and immediately asked if there would be a sequel.“The studio is very happy with the response, and there is a demand for it,” Booster told me, “but I’m not sure. If the idea came, I’d jump at the chance to work with this cast and [director] Andrew Ahn again, but also, I don’t want to force it.

Log Cabin Republicans has once again been denied a booth of the Texas GOP Convention, according to a press release from Log Cabin Republicans of Fort Worth.

Orlando just might be the ultimate rite of passage for hundreds of thousands of lesbians around the globe.Founded more than twenty years ago, powerhouse producer Pandora Events starts each year with their GIW kicks off Gay Days® in Orlando.

An Australian newspaper planned to out Rebel Wilson before her landmark coming out post on Instagram. 

When Marvel’s Disney+ series “Loki” revealed that Tom Hiddleston’s titular god of mischief was bisexual, it marked a big step for LGBTQ representation within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Why was Azealia Banks booked for a Pride event in the first place, she who loves using “faggot” as a slur? Where is her Pride? (Example, example, example.) It doesn't exist.

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Admitting you have a ghosting problem is the first step, right? A self-described “serial ghoster,” whom we’ll nickname Casper, recently became aware of his bad habit and asked fellow members of Reddit’s r/askgaybros community for help changing his ways.Casper wrote:I only now just realized I am a serial ghoster. It was only after a guy called me out on my bullsh*t, and after ghosting so many guys on Grindr just for the validation that they would have potentially hooked up with me, that I realized that I am a coward and have a ghosting problem. For too long I have felt that ghosting was the easy way out, and that since I was being ghosted, it was okay to ghost others.

Lily James is praising Tom Hiddleston‘s Loki character for coming out as bisexual in the recent Disney+ series.

SHOP: Need a glam beauty look for Pride? This $18 rainbow palette is all you need, we promiseOther parents have gone for surrogacy to start their own families, and many LGBTQ celebrities have been open in their parenting journeys, allowing us to have a glimpse as their young children grow up.WATCH: Elton John and children get into the festive spirit in fun family video Elton John and husband David Furnish share two children, Zachary, ten, and Elijah, eight, both of whom were born via the same surrogate. Elton and David have chosen to be somewhat private with their children, but still share pictures of the young boys online.MORE: Elton John shares rare photo of sons as he posts sweetest tributeThe young boys are certainly growing up fast, and earler in the year, David shared some photos of the pair skiing, and they looked like professionals! Tom Daley and husband Dustin Lance Black are the proud parents of son Robbie, three, who was sweetly named after Tom's late father.

Patron saint of dumb ideas Ted Cruz is getting a taste of his own medicine on Twitter this week.Cruz apparently thinks the recent threat on Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s life was inspired by “deranged rhetoric” from the left. This is being responded to online by people mockingly attributing the threat to the same thing Cruz attributed the Uvalde shooting to last month: Kavanaugh must have too many doors.Related: Pete Buttigieg slams Ted Cruz’s obsession with doors in the wake of school shootingContext: In the days following the Uvalde shooting, Cruz’ team cooked up the brilliant idea of blaming the tragedy on the school having more than one entry point.Sen.

Covered head-to-toe in a black burka, a delicate figure stands at the door of Pot Kettle Black in Manchester’s Angel Gardens as the start of Lady Gaga’s Alice blares out from the speakers. But within seconds, the traditional garment is ripped apart to reveal an almost too-lifelike impersonation of Boris Johnson hiding beneath.

Billy Eichner took a shot at Dave Chappelle, Madonna‘s son wore a dress to a boxing match, and the world thirsted for Chris Evans’ biceps.

Zack Sharf Tom Hiddleston told Lily James during their conversation as part of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series, presented by Apple TV+, that the Marvel Cinematic Universe must “reflect the world we live in.” That’s why the actor is so happy his Disney+ series, “Loki,” finally made it clear within the MCU that his eponymous anti-hero is bisexual.“Back from my early days of researching the character in the ancient myths, the identity of Loki was fluid in every aspect and in gender, in sexuality,” Hiddleston told James when she mentioned that Loki is the first explicitly queer character in the MCU. “It’s a very ancient part of the character and I think I thought about it. … It hadn’t emerged in the stories we’ve told.

Home movie enthusiasts, take note: Those old videos could be worth some big money one day!Rare footage of a mock gay wedding on Fire Island recently sold for a whopping $980 on eBay. The footage, taken sometime in the 1960s, shows two men–one in a wedding dress–undergoing a marriage rite before a group of joyful onlookers.The same reel also shows two men in speedos wrestling, men in swimsuits hanging out by a pool, and another scene of men engaging in some kind of… bondage play?Before you get too excited, the eBay listing specifies that the film contains no footage of sexually explicit acts.

To the Editor: Re “Actors Are Supposed to Act. We Should Let Them,” by Pamela Paul (column, May 16): Ms. Paul’s piece was a breath of fresh air in this politically correct, yet toxic, environment.

Go Magazine at the time, it felt like s_he was.“I feel it very much,” s_he said. Emson has kept in touch with other members of Kyiv Pride, which “aims at contributing to full respect for human rights for LGBT+ in Ukraine.”S_he has also been working tirelessly to help get them out of harm’s way.

The White Lotus went viral. “I thought we should normalize rimming,” Lukas told Andy Cohen. "I think ass-eating needs to be talked about more."@JamesWuske u dont know my alphabet@lukasgage Then please, enlighten the whole world@JamesWuske no❤️

I’ve lived in New York, Philadelphia, LA, and San Francisco—two blocks from the corner of Castro and Market—so I’ve seen my share of well-funded, high-style Pride celebrations. I wondered what I’d find at the second annual Pocono Pride Fest in Stroudsburg, PA (population 27,000), close to where I’ve been holing up since the pandemic began.I was there with a message: My super-progressive Episcopal church not only “accepts” LGBTQ people, we celebrate them.

In the swing state of Pennsylvania, Republican primary voters have nominated a gubernatorial candidate who, shockingly, is even to the right of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas: State Sen. Doug Mastriano, who is going up against the Democratic nominee, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, in the general election. Mastriano is a far-right, ultra-MAGA Christian nationalist and conspiracy theorist who continues to promote the Big Lie and falsely claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump — and a combination of Democrats and establishment Republicans are cringing over the nomination.

Despite being the star of blockbuster hits like The Matrix and John Wick, Keanu Reeves seems to be more notable for the sexuality-related rumors surrounding him. Many fans have questioned Reeves’ decision to stay unmarried at the age of 57, which leaves most of them wondering: is Keanu Reeves gay?Despite an all-female dating history involving stars like Sandra Bullock, Winona Ryder, and Claire Forlani, fans can’t seem to shake the idea that Reeves might be hiding something about his sexuality.

While the pandemic put an enormous strain on the film and television industry, things are finally getting back to where they used to be, but things are even gayer!With Sapphic vampires, queer Pride and Prejudice retellings, reboots of queer classics, and so much more, this Pride Month may just have a little something for everyone.While the original versions of Queer as Folk took the LGBTQ+ community by storm, the original incantations truly only showed a very white, cis-gender side of the queer community, which the new reboot aims to change. In the same fashion as the original, the reboot will be a very queer show that doesn’t stray away from serious topics, including what seems to be a Pulse-shooting inspired plot, but promises to center on queer joy.Fin Argus, Devin Way, Johnny Sibilly, Ryan O'Connell, Candace Grace, and Jesse James Keitel will lead the reboot, with Benito Skinner, Kim Catrall, and more set to guest star. While only time will tell the impact this reboot will have, let's hope it captures queer magic like its predecessors. A girl next-in-line to fill her monster hunting family’s shoes finds herself in love with a girl who happens to be a vampire. If you are a former Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan like myself, then your ears probably perked up, for good reason. The trailer for the show sets up a war between two families destined to be enemies with the sapphic yearning amped up to the max, making this one another to add to the watch list.While Halloween is not for some time, sapphic star-crossed lovers are timeless.One of the most anticipated queer films in recent years, Fire Island takes Pride and Prejudice and lets it take a huff of poppers while wearing only a jockstrap dancing to Lady Gaga, which frankly

jamesbiff"I'm not gay, but I would let Chris Evans fuck me just to say I did."—blackgalion"Chris Evans + beard = mind-blown"—Disguised_Contempt—Laforets"He's a funny, charming, devoted husband. What's not to like?"—[deleted]"That he's jacked as shit and can sing as well!"—straydog1980—shtrudl"This is my vote. His character in White Collar makes me question my sexuality."—dongSOwrong68"Holy fuck, this is the right answer.

Via Mr. Man:

What's in store for today? Your daily horoscope for Saturday, June 11, 2022Man, 44, arrested after boy, 15, killed and mum wounded in Manchester stabbingMan City star speaks out on speculation he will replace Frenkie de Jong at BarcelonaSomewhere among them may have been a shy young woman uncertain about her sexuality, hoping that no-one she knew saw her there, but I like to think that times have changed, and mostly for the better.That young woman today can see role models in almost all areas of life, including LGBTQ+ actors appearing in our best loved soaps, who are able to work and be celebrated for who they are.Of course, prejudice and injustice still remain, and our fight continues, but Pride shows us that there is strength in sharing the love and holding each other’s hands.So, Happy Pride everyone. I look forward to seeing you all there.

MORE : Pride Month 2022: 20 quiz questions and answers about the LGBTQ+ community MORE : 50 photos of Pride to mark movement’s 50th anniversary This year marks 50 years of Pride, so it seems only fitting that Metro.co.uk goes above and beyond in our ongoing LGBTQ+ support, through a wealth of content that not only celebrates all things Pride, but also share stories, take time to reflect and raises awareness for the community this Pride Month.MORE: Find all of Metro.co.uk's Pride coverage right hereAnd we’ve got some great names on board to help us, too. From a list of famous guest editors taking over the site for a week that includes Rob Rinder, Nicola Adams, Peter Tatchell, Kimberly Hart-Simpson, John Whaite, Anna Richardson and Dr Ranj, we’ll also have the likes Sir Ian McKellen and Drag Race stars The Vivienne, Lawrence Chaney and Tia Kofi offering their insights. During Pride Month, which runs from 1 - 30 June, Metro.co.uk will also be supporting Kyiv Pride, a Ukrainian charity forced to work harder than ever to protect the rights of the LGBTQ+ community during times of conflict.

signed in April, then said, “That is absolutely appalling. Nobody should ever be facing criminal punishment for providing health care to young people.” Those who violate the law face a prison sentence of up to 10 years and a fine of up to $15,000.Oliver noted that Ivey has made her anti-transgender stances a cornerstone of her campaign as she runs for reelection this year.

An Alabama judge has partially blocked the state’s harmful anti-LGBTQ+ law that criminalises gender-affirming care for trans youth. 

An Alabama judge has partially blocked the state’s harmful anti-LGBTQ+ law that criminalises gender-affirming care for trans youth. 

An Alabama judge has partially blocked the state’s harmful anti-LGBTQ+ law that criminalises gender-affirming care for trans youth. 

preliminary injunction by U.S. District Judge Liles Burke in the case of Rev. Eknes-Tucker v.

Alabama has implemented a law that makes providing gender-affirming medical care to transgender youth a felony.