Arizona Dept. of Education Attacked Over Resources for LGBTQ+ Students

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Dark Souls has always been queerMeet the rural drag queen ‘breaking down barriers’ facing LGBTQ+ people in the countrysideOne in 10 UK parents 'would never speak to their child about what LGBT means'The review was launched in January and, following the appointment of its chair, it will now begin its year-long investigation. Lord Etherton made history himself when he became the first openly gay judge of the Senior Courts.Tremaine added: ‘I hope this review can repair the hurt and compensate the loss and that its recommendations are honoured in full.’Sharon Hudson, a Women’s Royal Army Corps veteran, also experienced first hand as a result of the crackdown on LGBTQ+ people within the Armed Forces.She had revealed her sexuality after severe bullying from male soldiers and military investigators.She had gained the title of Lance Corporal by the time she was ordered to leave.‘Being dismissed for my sexuality severely affected my mental health,’ Sharon said.‘I lied to my family for 40 years because of the shame I felt.

READ MORE: Ex Love Island star believes 'dry' Gemma Owen is using show to further careerLast year, Love Island bosses claimed to have gay contestants presented a "logistical difficulty" – something which Alex claims has been broken.The 27-year-old who previously dated Samira Mighty has spoken exclusively to the Daily Star on his thoughts.He said: "I can't really speak for all the other shows because obviously the big one that has made its brand, doing what it's doing and has been successful doing that."I can't really comment and say that it needs to change because that's just the brand that it is."I think Amazon Prime Video's Lovestruck High has really shown that it can be done and if companies really wanted to, they could do that."It's not me to say that they should and you know, call certain ones out for not doing it but it's been proven it can be done."The accountant continued: "We're not the only ones that have done it as well, there's another show earlier this year that had people with more representation from the LGBTQ+ community involved."Hopefully, it's the start of something that's more progressive for that environment moving forward."Discussing ex-Islander Zara McDermott's BBC Three show, Love In The Flesh, Alex added: "I've got a friend that was on Zara's one, so I know they had representation in that."ITV's commissioner Amanda Stavri previously told RadioTimes: "In terms of gay Islanders, I think the main challenge is regarding the format of Love Island.

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3 min read In less than eight months more than 500,000 people will descend on Sydney Australia for World Pride 2023 and today the major events and ticket sales have been announced on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

supports HTML5 videoSimon Callow has disagreed with Tom Hanks’ view that he could not – and ‘rightly so’ – as a straight man play his 1993 role as a gay man in the movie Philadelphia today.The Four Weddings and a Funeral star called it a ‘dangerous idea’ that only gay actor should take on gay roles.Hollywood star Hanks, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of lawyer Andrew Beckett, who conceals his sexuality and HIV-positive status from colleagues before suing his employers for firing him, previously said that he felt the world was ‘beyond that now’ and ‘wouldn’t accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy’.Appearing on GB News on Tuesday, Callow – who identifies as gay – commented: ‘Think of all the wonderful performances of people who are not gay have given: John Hurt, Daniel Day Lewis, Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain.‘I mean, these are all as far as I know, heterosexual actors who’ve given utterly convincing credible and illuminating performances.’The actor said that people must remember the ‘general principle of acting rather than being’, using his famous role as Gareth in Richard Curtis’ hit 1994 comedy as an example of a gay role that was ‘only a tiny part of me’.He added: ‘Though I’m gay, it doesn’t qualify me to play all the many different kinds of gay people that there are.

The jury in the trial of an out gay Queensland man, accused of raping his female friend, has been disbanded after it failed to arrive at a majority verdict. Trigger Warning: This story discusses a sexual assault, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Judge Catherine Muir of the Brisbane District Court discharged the jury and scheduled the matter for July 14, 2022, when the court will decide on a retrial in the case. The jury, comprised of seven men and five women, and deliberated for around 10 hours on whether 28-year-old Dominic Hansson was guilty of raping his female friend in her inner city Brisbane apartment on December 7, 2019 .

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Happy Pride month y’all! This has been such an interesting Pride. First off, I got to be one of the grand marshalls of the Pride parade this year, and it was awesome. I was actually asked to be grand marshall last year in 2021, but because of freakin’ COVID it was more of a symbolic thing. This year, I got to sit in the back of a c

Houston singer Christina Wells makes her way to North Texas this weekend to celebrate Pride with the Sexy Sisters on Sunday, June 26, at Six Springs Tavern, 147 N. Plano Road in Richardson. Doors open at 2 p.m., and then the fun starts at 3 p.m., with Carmella Dubuque, Sienna Silver, Marcus David, Dahlia VonHexx, Linze Serrell, Tony Faye Alexander and Wayne Smith in the live illusion of Cher. They will be accepting cash donations at the door, and proceeds will benefit the North Texas Pride Foundation and the Miss Gay Texas State Pageant System.

Tommy Dorfman had all eyes on her when she led a special Pride Month screening of A24's new horror-comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies on Thursday.The 30-year-old actress stood out at the special event in New York City thanks to a shining teal dress that light up the evening.Joining her for the screening at the Crosby Hotel in Manhattan was the film's director,Halina Reijn, who was a vision in a white lace dress. Horror fan: Tommy Dorfman, 30, stood out in a shimmering blue dress as she led a Pride Month screening of the slasher comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies in Manhattan on ThursdayBodies Bodies Bodies stars Pete Davidson, Amandla Stenberg, Borat 2's Maria Bakalova, Industry starMyha'la Herrold,Chase Sui Wonders, Shiva Baby star Rachel Sennott and Lee Pace as a group of friends who ride out a hurricane while partying in an opulent mansion.But after they decide to play a murder–mystery game, they find that a real murder has occurred, leaving one of them as the culprit.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie isn’t due out for another year, but new images from set are fanning the fandom flames.Something about the pink-permeated promo images for the upcoming movie already had the girls, gays, and theys in a chokehold — especially that one of Ryan Gosling as Ken looking like the ONLY rent boy.#BARBIE July 21, 2023 Only in theaters. pic.twitter.com/DAemOyv5H8— Warner Bros.

Pride of Manchester winner Jane Gregory knows what it’s like to be in an abusive relationship, but it was the murder of local mums Leanne McNuff and Linzi Ashton by their ex-partners – after suffering years of abuse – that made her realise she had to do something. Sadly their cases were far from unique, and in 2013 Jane set up the Salford Survivor Project to help others in the same situation.

USA Today condemning the Texas Republican Party’s recently adopted anti-LGBTQ+ platform but claiming the national party is actually a welcoming space — something with which many LGBTQ+ people would no doubt disagree.“The Texas GOP isn’t just on the wrong side of history. They’re shortsightedly on the wrong side of the modern Republican Party,” Log Cabin President Charles Moran wrote in the op-ed, taking the state party to task for calling homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice” and not letting Log Cabin have a booth at its recent convention.

Okkar Min Maung is taking the whole ‘multi-hyphenate’ vibe to the next level.The New York-based Burmese actor, model, singer, beauty pageant winner and soon-to-be-published novelist is nothing if not busy, but he apparently has enough time left in the day to stir the thirst pot on Instagram, too.

The state's Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has appointed Casey Flores, 31, to the Virginia LGBTQ Advisory Board, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.

To T or Not To T, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, a Los Angeles suburb, just in time for Pride. The show opens Saturday as part of the Center Theatre Group’s Block Party 2022 series and runs through July 10.To T or Not to T is D’Lo’s intimate reflection on “T and transitioning,” T being testosterone.

on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity was established in 2016 with by a narrow vote of member states, and was renewed narrowly in 2019. It is the only part of the UN that directly addresses issues pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity.

#NoTearsLeftToCry is gayer than me and I ACCEPT. Ty @ArianaGrande.Today is a good day so here goes.

Megan Barton Hanson is urging producers to launch an LGBTQ+ version of Love Island.The reality star – who came out publicly as bisexual after her split from Wes Nelson and before heading on Celebs Go Dating – has been vocal about the need for better representation on dating shows.Since splitting from Wes, Megan has been seen in two public female relationships, including Demi Sims and Chelcee Grimes. In April 2021, the glamour model said she would ‘definitely’ return to the hit ITV2 dating show ‘if there’s a gay season.’And Megan is making her desire known once again.‘We definitely need a fully LGBTQ+ Love Island cast one day… We need to speed this s**t up,’ she told Bustle.‘I got a lot of backlash on the show because I was a sexual woman. So, at the time, the last thing I would’ve felt comfortable doing was reveal that I like dating women as well. ‘I was afraid of being judged further,’ she added.In the past, it’s been speculated that producers had begun accepting applications from LGBT contestants. ITV commissioner Amada Stavri previously addressed: ‘In terms of gay Islanders, I think the main challenge is regarding the format of Love Island. ‘There’s a sort of logistical difficulty, because although Islanders don’t have to be 100% straight, the format must sort of give [the] Islanders an equal choice when coupling up,’ she added to RadioTimes.com.‘With our dating shows, such as The Cabins, there is much more sexual diversity.

KXAN on Sunday after attendees approved platform planks attacking the LGBTQ community. “It’s a small minority of people that are being un-Christian-like and spewing this hateful language.”In addition to Cargill, Log Cabin Republicans of Texas Secretary and LCR Austin Vice President David Garza, and LCR San Antonio President Mimi Planas also resigned from the state board.

Gay educator Willie Carver Jr., Kentucky’s 2022 Teacher of the Year, has officially decided to leave K-12 teaching behind.After 17 years of teaching, Willie Carver Jr. said that he has decided to leave the classroom and take a position in student support services at the University of Kentucky due to the homophobic and conservative conditions affecting public education today.Late last month, Carver spoke publicly about their hesitation to return to the classroom after the ‘21-’22 school year in the wake of the recent conservative focus on public school goings-on.“If I am, every few weeks, having to stop and undergo some sort of investigation over what’s happening in my class, I’m not going to be mentally able to do this work,” Carver told EdWeek.“Then what are my students seeing? A stressed-out, unhappy LGBTQ adult.

Facing a growing outbreak of the monkeypox virus, New York City health officials expanded access to a monkeypox vaccine on Thursday, offering it to a new group of people who may be at higher risk: men who have had multiple or anonymous male sexual partners over the last two weeks. New York City is the first American jurisdiction to broaden access to the vaccine beyond close contacts of people infected, following similar moves in the United Kingdom and Canada. Public health officials globally have been scrambling to craft an effective response to the outbreak, which has been spreading in dozens of countries since mid-May, particularly among networks of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.

The Dorian TV Award nominees are here, representing honors bestowed by the country's top LGBTQ+ critics. BEST TV DRAMA Better Call Saul (AMC) Heartstopper (Netflix) Yellowjackets (Showtime) Severance (Apple TV+) Succession (HBO) BEST TV COMEDY 
 Abbott Elementary (ABC) Barry (HBO) Hacks (HBO Max) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) BEST LGBTQ SHOW
 Hacks (HBO Max) Heartstopper (Netflix) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES Dopesick (Hulu) The Dropout (Hulu) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Station Eleven (HBO Max) The White Lotus (HBO) BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW Elite (Netflix) Lupin (Netflix) My Brilliant Friend (HBO) Pachinko (Apple TV+) Squid Game (Netflix) BEST UNSUNG SHOW
 Better Things (FX) The Other Two (HBO Max) Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) Russian Doll (Netflix) Somebody Somewhere (HBO) We Are Lady Parts (Peacock) BEST TV PERFORMANCE Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Kit Connor, Heartstopper (Netflix) Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Bill Hader, Barry (HBO) Lily James, Pam & Tommy (Hulu) Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll (Netflix) Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets (Showtime) Amanda Seyfried, Dropout (HBO) Jean Smart, Hacks (HBO Max) Zendaya, Euphoria (HBO) BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus (HBO) Anthony Carrigan, Barry (HBO) Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (HBO) Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (HBO Max) Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere (HBO) Janelle James, Abbott Elementary (ABC) Matthew Macfadyen Succession (HBO) Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets (Showtime) Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul (AMC) Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria (HBO) BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Beyonce’ “Be

the flailing streamer launched a new “reality” competition series called Snowflake Mountain, which purports to trick 10 entitled young adults into attending a wilderness camp where they’re stripped of their privileges and whipped into shape by a pair of “survival experts.”Related: Ricky Gervais’ new transphobic Netflix special has social media outragedRight off the bat, the show telegraphs what it wants us to think of its cast: That they’re a joke. In its opening minutes, we’re introduced to our “snowflakes”—who are largely people of color and/or queer individuals—and they’re shown to be whiny, lazy, overly sensitive, self-centered, and even *gasp* vegan.As Snowflake Mountain wants us to believe, these people have become such a burden to their families (naturally, they all still live home), that their parents duped them into attending a survival school boot camp, which will apparently teach them to grow up, be more responsible, and….

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What is the importance of allyship? Does the community still need them? For years, many have claimed to be LGBTQ allies only to let us down with their vote, their words and their support. But what does it mean to be an ally and how can one really help? This week, Brian and Colman sit down with the incomparable Denise Lee to discuss what true allyship looks like and why it’s still vital to today’s community.

him wear that?” Jeanette simply responded, “Because that’s what she wanted to wear today.” She and Jazz then walked away with their heads held high.When the story went national, the Jennings family saw an opportunity to improve life for trans youth everywhere. So when Jazz was six, she and her mom sat for a national TV interview with renowned journalist Barbara Walters.

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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) kicked off LGBTQ Pride month Wednesday morning claiming President Joe Biden has a “radical” LGBTQ policy and will cut off federal funding to schools that refuse to follow it.“Biden will be cutting off Pell Grants,school lunches & billions of other federal education dollars to any school or college that refuses to follow his new & radical transgender & LGBT policies,” Sen.

News & Observer reports.In a statement linked on social media, Moore said he immediately contacted the school’s principal who confiscated the flashcards in question after confirming with the teacher they had been used in class as reported. Lisa Luten, a spokesperson for the Wake County School District, confirmed to the paper that the teacher resigned Friday.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a proclamation commemorating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Pride Month.

Iowa Capital Dispatch he went to administrators at Valley Lutheran High School in January to reveal he was being blackmailed over contents from a hacked phone. Not long after, pictures and other information stolen from the phone were posted to the school’s Facebook page.Gerhold said he told the school he was gay when he was hired last summer, but that their only concern at the time was he keep his sexual identity a “secret and not pursue a relationship” with anyone while employed.Despite their prior knowledge of his sexual identity, school administrators immediately placed Gerhold on administrative leave following the posting of the photos over his sexual identity.

Seneweb, the unidentified American man  is a musician who was visiting Senegal with friends for Dakar Biennale, a renowned arts festival when he was attacked, stripped to his underwear, and led through the streets after locals took objection to his "flamboyant" clothing. The attack took place May 17, and the arrests were made May 23.A blurry yet disturbing video of the event posted to social media showed the unidentified American man being led barefoot, shirtless, and wearing only his boxer shorts being subjected to vile homophobic abuse and threats as he was led through the streets of the capital city.   The attack took place on the same day Senegalese soccer star Idrissa Gueye, who plays for Paris Saint Germain (PSG) of France’s Ligue 1 soccer league, sat out a game rather than wear a jersey emblazoned with rainbow colors in recognition of the World Day Against Homophobia.

Schafer, who is also trans, blasted the club on Instagram Live, where she filmed herself calling out the bouncer.“[You] said my friend could not come in because she’s trans,” Schafer tells the bouncer in a video posted on Twitter that’s been viewed more than 360,000 times. “You’re on live with 7 million people by the way,” she adds, referring to her Instagram followers.Schafer warns her followers to stay away from Silq, telling them “It’s not safe for transgender people.”During the video, a person asks Schafer if they can take a picture with her. Schafer tells them “ Thank you.

interview with the LA Blade, the frightened trans girl identified only as Tracy said she was attacked outside a library in El Paso by a group of four men on Tuesday evening. She said the men used transphobic slurs and blamed the trans community for the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 21 people dead, including 19 children.“Oh look, it has a dick,” her attackers said, she told the Blade.Tracy, 17, said she was both confused and frightened as the men blamed her for “perverting kids instead of killing them” and then grabbed her arm to twist her body around.“Yeah, you know it was one of your sisters who killed those kids,” Tracy recalled the man saying as he faced her.

U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) is being criticized after falsely identifying the Uvalde, Texas shooter who massacred 19 children and two adults at an elementary school as being a “leftist,” undocumented, and LGBTQ.

Telegram account. Twitter and Instagram accounts associated with his name in the past have been suspended or no longer exist, according to the Los Angeles Blade.Last year Schmidt posted video of a confrontation he initiated with employees at Sunny's Hair and Wigs in neighboring Mesa.

Ukraine continues to strengthen, Russia has permanently banned 963 well-known American citizens from entering the country. On Saturday, the “Russian black list” was released as a response to “the hostile actions taken by Washington,” according to the Russian Foreign Ministry and reported by The Washington Post.The list includes President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, trans Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, and all LGBTQ+ members of the House of Representatives — Reps. Mark Takano, Sharice Davids, Mondaire Jones, Chris Pappas, David Cicilline, Sean Patrick Maloney, Mark Pocan, Angie Craig and Ritchie Torres.Out U.S. Sens.

The far right-wing activist whose work helped ignite millions of Americans into fighting against the specter of something they had never heard before and knew nothing about is now bragging about turning his tactics against corporate America’s support for the LGBTQ community – and he’s just issued a warning, or, some might say, a threat.

national tracking poll of 4,410 adults conducted between April 20-23 in the aftermath of Florida’s “don’t say gay” law by Morning Consult.The poll found that 68 percent of all respondents strongly or somewhat supported sexual education being taught in K-12 schools, with only 23 percent of those polled opposed. Those numbers include both Democrat and Republican respondents.There was far less support for teaching the history of the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement in K-12 schools.

Over the past year, insurance giant State Farm has posted ten tweets supporting LGBTQ people, programs, and organizations, as recently as last week:

Daily Echo he and Trussler were holding hands and cuddling against the cold when a group of young men approached from across the street yelling homophobic slurs."Three guys crossed the road, saw us cuddling because it was cold and they went in on us,” Miedzwiecki told the outlet. "They started calling us queers, and all that stuff.”Miedzwiecki began recording the encounter with his phone and shouted “how dare you” at the group.

A 17-year-old gay Florida high school student who was suspended after organizing a highly-successful statewide protest against Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” law now says school officials are blocking him from running for class president.

held in custody since February after allegedly attempting to enter the country with vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage. The U.S.

U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn is projected to have lost his primary Tuesday night and be a one-term Congressman.