Alexandra Grey to play recurring trans character role in CBS’s MacGyver

China’s streaming services have deliberately censored multiple “Friends” episodes due to LGBTQ characters and storylines.

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GEMMA Collins has revealed that she hid her self harming secret because she feared she'd be "locked up forever". The 41-year-old will take an emotional look into her past to raise awareness in her upcoming Channel 4 documentary, Gemma Collins: Self-Harm & Me. Now in a new teaser for her upcoming one-off, viewers see the TV star admitting she never spoke about her self-harming battle because she was scared she would be sent to a "mental asylum" for the rest of her life.

Carl Nassib was recognised for his historic coming out journey at the 2022 NFL Honors award show.

Big Brother favourite Glyn Wise has shared an insight into his wild night at G-A-Y with pole-dancing Adele.The 34-year-old, who blasted onto our screens in 2006 aged 18 wearing lifeguard shorts when he entered the Big Brother house, enjoyed a wild night out at Heaven nightclub in Charing Cross alongside superstar Adele.The Welshman admitted to the MailOnline that he mistook the Easy On Me singer, 33, for Kylie Minogue, 53.He said: “I had never seen Adele in the flesh before, but I mistook her for Kylie Minogue. This is nothing new as I once spent the whole day with Mutya from Sugababes thinking she was Tracy Beaker from kid's TV!”Recalling the moment the penny dropped that an A-lister was in the building, Glyn disclosed: “I had just been to athletics training.

flammkuchen, a super-thin tarte flambée with crème fraîche and different types of toppings. And he plans for Licht to host events soon, when “I have a full staff complement in order to do them.”For now, Licht is still getting acquainted with the community.

The highly anticipated Beauty and the Beast prequel series has been put “on hold” indefinitely.

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blog post Tuesday, stating that misgendering and deadnaming users are “prohibited on our platform.” Keenan also stated that content promoting conversion therapy and misogyny is also banned as the video platform provided more clarity on its content moderation policies.Following advocacy from GLAAD and @UltraViolet, and recommendations from the GLAAD Social Media Safety Index, @tiktok_us updated Community Guidelines to prohibit misgendering, deadnaming, misogyny, and promotion of so-called “conversion therapy” programs.https://t.co/lmxQNXYKM8“Though these ideologies have long been prohibited on TikTok, we’ve heard from creators and civil society organizations that it’s important to be explicit in our community guidelines,” Keenan said. He went on to highlight the recent addition of a feature that allows users to list their pronouns on their account as something he hopes “will encourage respectful and inclusive dialogue on our platform.”The changes came as part of a wider revision of TikTok’s community guidelines aimed at addressing multiple issues present in content on the platform.

Oldham skeleton star Brogan Crowley could reflect with pride on her first two runs on Olympic debut in Beijing.

rescued by a shirtless hunk, Madonna broke a rather embarrassing record, and closeted Olympic athletes on Grindr breathed a sigh of relief.

Mary J. Blige is one of five headliners taking the stage at the Super Bowl halftime show this Sunday and she promises it’s going to be the “most epic thing in music.”“Just know this. It’s some history, man,” the nine-time Grammy Award winner told Good Morning America this week.

Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.Patrik-Ian Polk continued his domination of gay, black voices with this 2014 sleeper, which, as with all things Mr. Polk, managed to combine comedy, drama, and a hearty dose of sexy situations.Blackbird tells the story of Randy (Julian Walker), a gay teenager struggling to reconcile his faith-based upbringing with his growing attraction to men.

Why you should read it: The Confession was the book that inspired me to write this list! It felt so refreshing to read about Rose, who finds the strength to leave her just-OK relationship and then grow into her new independence. While searching for the mother who abandoned her as a baby, Rose discovers that knowing who you are is about so much more than knowing where you came from.

ADELE was wearing an eye-watering £2.2million worth of jewellery during her Graham Norton appearance. The pop singer made sure she was dripping in diamonds - including her £740,000 'engagement ring' - before heading to a gay club in London. Adele, 33, donned a stunning £1.5million jewellery set for her night out on the town on Thursday, where she was seen pole-dancing at G-A-Y.

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Yesterday marked the 10 years anniversary of Whitney Houston’s tragic death. RIP.Houston was an amazing talent, selling over 200 million records worldwide and racking up dozens of awards over her 30 year career. She also struggled with drugs and alcohol.

Gemma Collins has delighted fans with a rare glimpse at her childhood in a series of snaps shared on her Instagram page. Former The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma, 41, shared a trio of snaps on her Instagram page, showing her as a child.The first image sees a much younger angelic looking Gemma smiling and gazing at the camera. Gemma has her blonde hair tied up in bunches and her piercing blue eyes are looking directly into the lens.

Voting in the 2022 Queerties is underway, and these ten TikTokers have kept our feeds brimming with entertaining and informative content all year long.They’re all more than deserving of the top prize, but only one can win!Get acquainted with them below, and be sure to vote for your favorites each day until February 22.Welp my legs are gonna be sore for at least a week after this ? @bridget_dervilleteer (dc: @sullivantwins42) #dance #flexible #splits ? original sound – Wessel Brian is a choreographer and dancer from Guam who took social media by storm after he choreographed the WAP dance. He’s got serious moves and a seemingly boundless supply of energy.

12 places and events that are keeping these dances alive, and reinventing them for the next generation.Big Top Circus T-DanceIf you’re a fan of Palm Springs White Party, then mark your calendars for May 1, 2022. That’s when White Party Palm Springs will have its world-famous T-Dance outdoors with state-of-the-art sound and light systems. DJs Ben Bakson and Dan Slater will provide music while you enjoy drinks and enjoy the desert heat.

antibiotic-resistant Shigella. The gut infection is passed on through any sort of fecal-oral contact (i.e. getting a tiny bit of infected poo into your mouth).This is often through food contamination—but also some sexual practices.

Strictly Come Dancing partner, Johannes Radebe, were expecting to receive abuse when they took part in the BBC dance show as the first all-male couple.Speaking recently on That Gaby Roslin Podcast, John said: “I guess, we knew it was going to happen. We fully anticipated a bit of hate.“Johannes, being a black man as well, he anticipated a bit of racial hate, which he got.

Ben Croll “I asked myself, why was it so difficult to name a Quebecois film from the past 25 years that treated sexuality as its central theme?” Côté told Variety. “Why could France foster directors who filmed the human body in direct and unselfconscious ways, and Quebec could not? Were Quebecois more prudish than others?”And so the Montreal-based filmmaker started on his 14th feature, which follows three so-called “hypersexual” women, plagued with troubled histories and fragile mental states, as they participate in a month-long therapy retreat. But as he developed the script with a local sexologist, the filmmaker saw potential traps in two very different directions.“The film could never be meant to judge,” Côté explained.

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The N.C.A.A. on Friday cleared the way for the swimmer Lia Thomas, a transgender woman who has turned in the top times in the country in two events, to compete in the N.C.A.A. championships next month, saying that implementing new rules for testosterone testing in the middle of the season would be unfair to transgender athletes.

specifically addressed BYU’s ban on same-sex dating. The Provo, Utah, school, affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (a.k.a.

Bex Mui, she/her, is an LGBTQ+ and equity consultant, spiritual organizer, and founder of House of Our Queer, a QTBIPOC-centered spiritual play space. 

LGBTQ organizations praised the Senate's confirmation of Chantale Wong as the first openly lesbian of color appointed to an ambassador-level position for the U.S. as director of the Asian Development Bank February 8.

Signaling the importance of global LGBTQ issues, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Global Respect Act.

Adele may have gotten way into fitness and healthy living over the past couple years, but she just proved this week that she still knows how to party with the best of them!

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record total of such deaths to at least 54.Rubi Dominguez, a Latina trans woman, was killed in a hit-and-run accident July 16 in Arlington, Texas. Her trans identity was initially reported by TransGriot, as some other media had deadnamed and misgendered her.Her sister Monica described Rubi as “a happy, social, humorous person” who “made people laugh.” Appearing on Telemundo, Monica called for justice and appealed to the driver to come forward. “Make yourself responsible because it has caused great pain in my family, both emotionally and psychologically,” she said.

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Tara Reid (Van Wilder, American Pie) has launched development on Mikey and Miguel, an adult animated LGBTQ+ sitcom, in which she will also star.

Dramatic footage of a heroic bystander braving the freezing cold water of an icy lake to save a stranded dog is going viral on social media.The incident happened a week and a half ago on Kalmius Lake in Donetsk, Ukraine.

CNN Newsroom host Jim Sciutto asked Buttigieg Wednesday.“Absolutely,” Buttigieg replied. “And the reason is that it tells youth who are different or whose families are different that there’s something wrong with them out of the gate, and I do think that contributes to the shocking levels of suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts among LGBTQ youth.”  Florida House Bill 1557 and Senate Bill 1834, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bills, ban schools from encouraging "classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in primary grade levels or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students." Critics have said this type of erasure of queer and trans folks from classrooms could lead to a rise in youth suicide rates.

Welcome to the Weekend Binge. Every Friday, we’ll suggest a binge-able title designed to keep you from getting too stir crazy. Check back throughout the weekend for even more gloriously queer entertainment.Magnetic.

Arnie Kantrowitz, the early New York-based gay rights activist who wrote a classic queer memoir, taught one of the earliest gay studies college courses in the nation, and was a founding member of GLAAD, died January 21 from complications of COVID-19, according to his life partner, Dr. Lawrence Mass. He was 81.

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dropped in 2002 and 2011 on the channel.The new adaption of “Lingo” will have two-person teams attempting to guess words on a grid after being given the first letter. Wordle, which uses a similar format, was recently purchased by the New York Times for a reported seven figures.

LGBT organisations, including Stonewall, claim the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is working to remove legal protections for trans people.They have presented a 19-page submission to the UN asking for the independent status of the body to be reviewed.But EHRC chief executive Marcial Boo said: "Stonewall and other critics are aiming at the wrong target."The LGBT groups criticised the EHRC's recent intervention in the Scottish government's bid to reform the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and its response to the consultation on banning conversion therapy in England and Wales.Scottish government ministers have tabled proposals to make it easier for people to change their legally recognised gender, with a Bill expected at Holyrood this year.But the EHRC had recommended "further consideration is needed before any change to the law should be made".

dangerous and possibly unconstitutional “Don’t Say Gay” bill gathers nationwide attention and condemnation – making it more likely to be passed and signed into law by Republican governor and rumored 2024 presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis, another Republican is dusting off his own “Don’t Say Gay” bill to push his “Christian values” agenda.Tennessee state Rep. Bruce Griffey says if schools are forcing him to teach Christian values at home because they won’t teach them in the classroom, they should not be allowed to “promote” what his legislation calls “LGBT issues or lifestyles.”“The state of Tennessee is not allowed to teach my daughters Christian values that I think are important and they should learn, so I teach those at home,” Rep.

Cheryl Hole is the drag pop diva of our dreams in her brand new music for Need the Power.

Struggling talk show host Wendy Williams has sustained yet another public relations blow.Following reports that she has lost access to her own finances and may not be returning to her show, new reports have just emerged that her own friends might have played a role in her dramatic downfall.Radar Online claims to have obtained new court documents related to the lawsuit reveal that Williams’ friends were the ones who lobbied her financial advisor, Lori Schiller, to get Wells Fargo to cut her off from her own bank accounts.Word of Williams’ poor health and dire financial straits emerged earlier this week amid a lawsuit with Wells Fargo. Williams claims the bank, working in tandem with Schiller, have been unjustly blocking her from accessing to her own money and, as a result, she cannot pay her bills.“To summarize without divulging too much on the public record, Wells Fargo has strong reason to believe that [Williams] is the victim of undue influence and financial exploitation,” Wells Fargo wrote in a letter to the court.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and, of course, The Golden Girls.Related: A forgotten ‘Golden Girls’ spinoff just landed on Hulu. Twitter has thoughts.Now, casting director Joel Thurm, who assembled the cast of The Golden Girls, has gone public about the alleged on-set friction between White and her co-stars.Speaking to the podcast The Originals, Thurm shared his recollection of a tense exchange between with Bea Arthur about White.“Literally Bea Arthur, who I cast in something else later on, just said ‘oh, [White is] a f*cking c*nt, using that word,” he said.

Pride Poets is brought to us by Dublin Pride following the major success of the Wilde Poets open mic which took place during Winter Pride. The event gives a platform to poets and spoken word artists at Dublin’s premier queer bar, Street 66. “Taking place on the last Tuesday of the month from 7 PM […]

Whether you’re planning to snuggle on the sofa with your significant other or to reject all conventions and have a movie night with your friends to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, you will need a good list of LGBTQ+ romantic movies to pick from. The good news is: you only need to scroll down. Alex […]

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Charity Kase, River Medway and Elektra Fence teamed up with Terrence Higgins Trust to break the stigma around getting tested for HIV.