CA Treasurer Ma backs plan to increase LGBTQ, minority corporate directors

said Democrats didn’t “whip” the NDAA vote or advise their caucus members to adopt a specific position, instead allowing individual members to vote their conscience.Jeffries claimed there were “a lot of positive things” within the NDAA that had bipartisan support but also acknowledged the bill contained some “troubling” positions.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) hailed the bill’s various provisions, including a pay raise for junior service members and improved housing for military families. He also fully endorsed more controversial provisions, including the ban on gender-affirming care for minor dependents and a prohibition on the teaching of “critical race theory” at military academies.The bill now heads to the U.S.

As Shucked comes to close in Dallas this Sunday, Dec. 15, actor Tyler Joseph Ellis talked a bit about his experience both in town and with this touring production. The gay actor plays Storyteller No. 2 who helps narrate the musical’s story. He discussed how he helped fashion his own character and the payoff moment he and his fellow storyteller share.

Robbie Williams has said he wasn’t bothered by past accusations of him being gay, saying that “you’ve never met somebody that wants to be gay as much as me”.The subject came up in an interview with The Guardian when the former Take That star was asked about the time he sued a newspaper for libel in 2004 when it published an interview with his alleged “secret gay lover”, suggesting that he was deceiving the public by claiming he was having sex with women to hide his “sordid homosexual encounters with strangers”. Williams won substantial damages and an apology.Williams asked the interviewer, Michael Cragg, his sexuality.

$2.2 million in previews. Sony’s first R-rated comic book movie, which stars Russell Crowe and Ariana DeBose, was expected to take in just $10 million to $12 million over the weekend, one of the worst openings for a film based on a Marvel comic book character, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Montana Supreme Court upheld a temporary injunction blocking the state from enforcing its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.The unanimous ruling is historic, marking the first time that a state Supreme Court has found that a ban on gender-affirming care is likely unconstitutional.On December 11, the court ruled that SB 99, a 2023 law categorically banning all transition-related medical interventions on minors, violates the Montana State Constitution’s privacy clause, which prohibits the government from interfering with private medical decisions.With the law blocked, transgender youth will still be able to access medical treatments for gender dysphoria — provided that their personal care physician does not refuse transgender patients due to intimidation or fear of being prosecuted.Several transgender teens, their families, and two medical providers filed suit last year to block the law, arguing that it violated the Montana constitution’s guarantee of medical privacy.