Cawthorn loses in North Carolina GOP primary

We didn’t think it was possible for Rudy Giuliani to seem like any more of a disgrace, but here we are.With the second round of public hearings investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol underway, the committee is presenting evidence that former president Donald Trump knew he’d lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, and was at the center of a conspiracy to overturn the results.Cheney painted an upsetting picture of Trump’s decision making process, explaining how an “apparently inebriated” Giuliani enabled the big lie:“You will hear firsthand testimony that the president’s campaign advisers urged him to await the counting of votes and not to declare victory on election night.“The president understood, even before the election, that many more Biden voters had voted by mail, because President Trump ignored the advice of his campaign experts and told his supporters only to vote in person.Rep. Liz Cheney says former President Trump followed advice from "an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani" to claim victory in 2020 presidential election.

Christina Aguilera brought the house down during Saturday night’s LA Pride music fest at Los Angeles State Historic Park — and she didn’t do it alone!

Justine Lindsay is making history! Ahead of the 2022 football season, the 29-year-old cheerleader is officially the new member of the Carolina Panthers’ TopCats, becoming the first openly trans NFL cheerleader.Lindsay shared her excitement on social media, making the announcement and sharing her appreciation for her friends and the alumni TopCats family.“Cats Out the Bag you are looking at the newest member of the Carolina Panthers TopCats Cheerleader’s @topcats as the first Transgender female,” she stated.“I would like to thank the beautiful and talented dancers who supported me along the way alumni TopCats family and friends for your love and support,” Lindsay continued, “I would not have gotten to this moment in my life if it wasn’t for the support.”The cheerleader revealed to BuzzFeed that she was “so scared” to make the announcement, as “there’s just some things you can’t post,” declaring that she’s happy to “break down that door” for future trans athletes.The director of the TopCats Chandalae Lanouette, explained that Lindsay had shared that she is trans on her application, highlighting her talent. “My goal is to create a team of individuals that are absolute fire on the field but are incredible human beings in the locker room, good friends, good people, and at the end of the day, you have to walk through the door first to get to that spot,” Lanouette shared.Lindsay confessed that she was afraid she would have to change her look, revealing that her coach encouraged her to keep it and “inspire other young girls who may be insecure rocking their bald look.”“I think more people need to see this.

Judy Garland was born!)—the cast of Fire Island has a vacation packing list ready for you, and you better be checking it twice!The charming queer rom-com already feels like the movie event of the season, so Queerty is thrilled to offer this exclusive look at a new Fire Island featurette with Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, and the rest of the film’s stars.Related: A queer Asian revolution is happening in Hollywood and, honestly, it’s about damn timeWhether you’ve already got your trip booked, or seeing the movie has made you curious about visiting the gay hot spot for the first time, the gang’s all here to run you through the “Fire Island essentials.” From the jump, Matt Rogers quips he’s “always surprised how little you need to bring,” which is immediately undercut by the long laundry list of items offered up by Tomás Matos, Torian Miller, and James Scully.Crop tops, poppers, fanny packs, condoms… what else are we forgetting?True to her role as the Fire Island family’s mother hen, Margaret Cho offers up the most essential summer item of all: Sunblock! “SPF 30 at least,” adds Yang.For the rest of their list, check out the full featurette below, and don’t miss Fire Island, streaming exclusively on Hulu.

A post shared by Jake Paul (@jakepaul)Jake Paul has been trending all morning after completely embarrassing himself on Twitter again.The homophobic-YouTuber-turned-professional-boxer took to social media over the weekend to blast President Biden for a slew of things POTUS has absolutely nothing to do with, including the price of crypto. Oh, and then he mocked Biden’s stutter.“Biden accomplishments 1. Highest gas prices 2.

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Skibbereen Community and Family Resource Centre (CFRC) is hosting a month-long series of events to celebrate Pride titled ‘Skibbereen LGBTI+ Project’. The programme aims to develop support and activities for the LGBTQ+ community and allies and to promote visibility and inclusivity. There are a huge variety of events and activities happening throughout the month of […]

Taliban men carry a man in the air between them, with one carrying each leg and others his arms. As a crowd stands around, figures dressed in black hit him on his back and legs with a stick.

A Strange Loop, is having a moment nearly two decades in the making.Recent accolades, including a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, two Tony Awards including Best Musical, and a portrait on the wall at Sardi’s (a milestone for every theater professional who hopes to achieve Broadway success), only scratch the surface of Jackson’s relentless pursuit of truthful storytelling.Jackson’s unapologetically big, Black and beautiful musical tells the story of Usher, who works as an usher at The Lion King and yearns to write his own musical. Framed by a cast of six Thoughts, its central character — in many ways inspired by Jackson’s life — has changed the face of Broadway.Related: Unapologetically big, Black and beautiful, ‘A Strange Loop’ has changed the face of BroadwayIterations of A Strange Loop took form during Jackson’s time at New York University and years of workshops at rehearsal studios and small theaters, with many of the show’s cast and creative team sticking with it.“Everybody was willing, time and time again, to come back, work on it for free, maybe get some Popeyes chicken and then do a reading in a porn factory,” director Stephen Brackett told Variety.

To mark Pride 2022, a special religious service was broadcast on RTÉ on Sunday, June 12. Members of the Christian group Amach le Dia were invited to lead worship and they spoke about how churches have been a source of pain and suffering for the LGBTQ+ community. Amach le Dia is a group for LGBTQ+ […]

charged with conspiring to riot in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho as the city's Pride in the Park was taking place.But it has now emerged that details of a planned demonstration were reportedly revealed by another group, the Panhandle Patriots Riding Club, more than a month earlier, during a meeting in a church hall on April 28 hosted by Scott, the representative for Idaho's 1st district. There is no suggestion that the Panhandle Patriots are linked to the Patriot Front, or that Scott was aware of the group's plans beforehand.During the event, which mostly focused on the speakers' opposition to children's books featuring stories with gay or transgender characters, Scott handed the floor over to two members of the Panhandle Patriots bikers who then discussed the organization's plans to target the upcoming Pride event.Footage circulated online showed one of the men, who was not identified during the clip, telling the crowd: "That very same day [as Pride], we intend to go head-to-head with these people. A line must be drawn in the sand.

LA Times they are unable to locate Ezra Miller to serve a court order of protection against him, while their 18-year-old activist daughter released a video refuting their claims of cult-like grooming and manipulation by the actor.Chase Iron Eyes and his wife, Sara Jumping Eagle, said they have an interim protection order from a Standing Rock Sioux tribal court, but the court has been unable to locate Miller to serve it. While Tokata Iron Eyes is 18 years old, tribal courts still have jurisdiction in the matter.“They move around so much [that] we’re stuck in this legal limbo situation, and we can’t serve them in any place they’re in long enough,” Chase Iron Eyes told the Times in a joint interview with Jumping Eagle.

Pride performance.The Dirty songstress, 41, set hearts racing when she stepped on stage wearing the phallic accessory at LA Pride on Saturday.One of the headliners of the event, Christina joined Kem Petras on stage to duet on her song XXX when she emerged with the dildo strapped to her thighs.With her signature blonde hair worn in a long crimped style, Christina sizzled in a long-sleeved green bodysuit which also featured a chest plate.She paired the bold look with knee-high boots and shocked stunned onlookers at the event.During the steamy performance, Kim Petras could reportedly be seen playing with the dildo which Christina was wearing.Posting to Twitter, fans at the LA Pride show swiftly shared their amazement.One stunned onlooker wrote: "I just witnessed Christina Aguilera whip out a dildo and Kim Petras playing with it."Another joked: "It's wild see @Xtina dress as the Hulk with a strap on dildo that has been blinged out for Pride."Meanwhile, a third exclaimed: "Omg a f***ing dildo ????@xtina.

Paula Abdul is celebrating Pride in style.

Eventbrite.The musical selection will include pieces from shows, movies and modern music. It will also highlight previous performances by the chorus to commemorate their 10th anniversary.The chorus will also be joined by some incredible hosts from the RTÉ One soap opera, Fair City, to help celebrate the evening.

Rebel Wilson came out via Instagram last week, sharing a beautiful couple photo and referring to her girlfriend as a ‘Disney Princess.’ Unfortunately, a celebration for the couple and the LGBTQ+ community quickly turned into controversy after an Australian newspaper released an article complaining that the actress decided to come out herself instead of through […]

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Thirty-one members of the racist, neo-Nazi Patriot Front, including the group's founder, were arrested in the city after police stopped a U-Haul truck filled with the suspected would-be rioters. The members are being charged with conspiracy to riot — a misdemeanor offense.According to White, a tipster called authorities around 1:38 p.m.

Guardians of the Galaxy, Army of the Dead, and Dune, among many others, posted a photo of himself wearing a T-shirt. It featured a rainbow and the words ‘Be You.’Bautista is straight but his mom is a lesbian.

Patriot Front. The concerned citizen that tipped off law enforcement said they "looked like a little army".The group is suspected of planning to riot at an Idaho Pride event being held in the city on Saturday.

Related: Lauren Boebert thinks kids safer with priests than with drag queensPanda, also known as Kyle Chu, told CBS, “It felt very close to violence.“It was extremely loud. It was like a cacophony of voices just yelling over one another, taunting me, calling me a groomer, a pedophile, a tranny, and ‘it’. Interrogating the parents, asking, ‘Why are you bringing your kids to this?’ I didn’t feel safe, because one of them was wearing a shirt with an AK-47 on it and it said ‘kill your local pedophile.’”The men who stormed into “Drag Queen Story Hour” at the San Lorenzo Library were described as members of the Proud Boys Organization.

Azealia Banks is going viral for what happened while she performed at the Wynwood Pride Festival on Friday night (June 10) in Miami, Fla.

Related: Rebel Wilson says she’s finally found her “Disney princess” just in time for PrideHowever, on Saturday, the Sydney Morning Herald revealed it had approached Wilson before her Instagram posting. It said it had asked her to comment on her new relationship and gave her two days to respond before running a story.Most onlookers took this as the media outlet pressuring her to give them an exclusive scoop, thus denying Wilson the opportunity to come out in her own time.The newspaper’s gossip columnist, Andrew Hornery, who is gay, appeared to confirm this by throwing something of a hissy fit in his Saturday column.“In a perfect world, ‘outing’ same-sex celebrity relationships should be a redundant concept in 2022.

Christina Aguilera headlined LA Pride’s music fest at Los Angeles State Historic Park on Saturday and gave the fans exactly what they wanted. On top of an epic, high-energy performance of some of her biggest hits, Aguilera took things back to 2001 when she brought out Mya as a surprise guest.In video footage posted to Twitter by concert attendees, Aguilera and Mya both wore all-yellow burlesque-type costumes and had a blast belting out the song they collaborated on with Pink and Lil' Kim more than two decades ago for the soundtrackMya joins Christina Aguilera on stage as she performs 'Lady Marmalade' at LA Pride 2022 pic.twitter.com/nWo0NkAW2TParis Hilton — who also performed at LA Pride on Saturday — shared more videos of Aguilera and Mya doing their thing on stage, which Mya reposted to her Stories. Aguilera later shared clips to her IG Stories, writing, «Such a special moment.»According to , Aguilera thanked the crowd with an emotional speech during her set. "​Oh my goodness.

Gemma Collins and her fiancé Rami Hawash shared a passionate kiss weeks after her partner suffered a horror accident at work. The TOWIE star, 41, wore a gorgeous strapless white dress and could be seen passionately kissing Rami, 48 – who was seen without his eyepatch for the first time in weeks.

In my opinion, there’s double insecurity. I feel that there’s uncertainty about the reaction on both sides: fearing homophobic prejudice from straight groups, and fearing lack of acceptance from queer groups for not being a ‘full’ member (especially if you’re in a relationship that appears to be heterosexual.) It felt like I couldn’t be my full self at family gatherings where ‘queerness’ was an exotic, abstract concept, yet I also couldn’t turn up at a gay bar holding hands with my boyfriend.With lack of representation and role-models in the media (how many bisexualcelebrities can you name?), many people just like me may stay closeted to avoid association with negative stereotypes of hypersexualised, unfaithful, chaotic bisexuals.For people who are already partnered when considering coming out, there’s additional complications. Being bisexual is obviously different to identifying as gay or lesbian in that you can be in a fulfilling straight relationship.

On the eve of Saturday, June 11, activist Ailbhe Smyth, boxer Kellie Harrington and Professor Mary Aiken received the Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin. The three inspiring women were awarded by Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland in a ceremony in the Mansion House Dublin, surrounded by friends, family and colleagues. Ailbhe Smyth, […]

American filmmaker John Waters is well known for pushing boundaries with exuberantly provocative works exploring taboos around themes such as pornography and LGBTQ+ relationships.

LONDON: The value of the cryptocurrency market on Monday (Jun 13) fell below US$1 trillion for the first time since January 2021, according to data site CoinMarketCap, reaching as low as US$926 billion.

We’re Queer my Dear (WQMD), the acclaimed, informative, and empowering LGBTIQA+ online web series returns for its third season.

The BFI has named its first Disability Equality Lead. Clare Baines will take the post to further promotion of disability equality within the screen industries and internally at the organization. 

LONDON: Bitcoin tumbled on Monday (Jun 13) to an 18-month low under US$25,000 as investors shunned risky assets in the face of a global markets selloff.

With the support of her two out colleagues on the board that oversees the Bay Area's regional transit agency BART, board member Janice Li is officially kicking off her bid for reelection Monday. The first queer woman of color and the first Asian American woman on the board, Li is the only Asian member of one of the country's three elected transit boards.Li, 35, was first elected to her District 8 seat on the BART board in 2018 and is currently serving as the oversight body's vice president.

Christina Aguilera was joined on stage by Mya to perform ‘Lady Marmalade’ during her headline set at LA Pride on Saturday (June 11).The track, which was originally released in 1974 by Eleventh Hour, was re-recorded by Mya, Lil Kim, Christina Aguilera and Pink for the soundtrack to 2001’s Moulin Rouge!. It subsequently went to Number One in both the US and UK.During LA Pride, Aguilera and her dancers performed a medley of Moulin Rouge! hits, before Mya joined her for ‘Lady Marmalade’. “Thank you so much for doing this,” Aguilera said.

ITV icon Lorraine Kelly has given her thoughts on the publication which threatened to "out" Rebel Wilson's sexuality before she had gone public with the news herself.Lorraine was joined by Ross King who regularly reports on the show from Los Angeles for the showbiz news segment.He clarified the situation and Lorraine made a disapproving noise as he explained: "She said: 'It was a very hard situation, but I'm trying to handle it with grace'."Lorraine then gave her thoughts: "She is. That shouldn't be happening in this day and age, people getting outed, people can just do their own thing and it's fine.

new relationship with Ramona Agruma on Instagram.However, the next day, Australian newspaper the Sydney Morning Herald reported that it had been aware of the relationship before it was revealed publicly, with its celebrity reporter writing that he had given Wilson 1 1/2 days to provide comment for a story about it.The column sparked outrage and widespread criticism against the publication with advocates and members of the LGBTQ+ community arguing that it isn't acceptable to pressure people to declare their sexuality or new relationships.The Sydney Morning Herald has since removed the column and columnist Andrew Hornery issued an apology.Now the Bridesmaids actress has broken her silence on the situation and tweeted that it was "very hard.""Thanks for your comments, it was a very hard situation but trying to handle it with grace," she tweeted.The tweet came in response to one from Kate Doak, a Syndey-based journalist who wrote: "So apparently it wasn't @RebelWilson's choice to come out... The @smh/@theage have admitted to giving her a heads up 2 days in advance that they were going to 'out' her.

Christina Aguilera came to slay not play at LA Pride in the Park on Saturday in Los Angeles, California, complementing her musical set with a series of eye-grabbing looks.The chart-topping superstar, who was the event’s headliner at Los Angeles Historical Park, had the crowd delighted with what they could both see and hear as she whipped through her hits – including Beautiful, Lady Marmalade and Bionic.Alongside wearing a stunning glittery rainbow-striped bodysuit at one point during her performance, with the flowing skirt held up behind her to represent the LGBT flag in a tribute to the Pride colours, the 41-year-old was not afraid to show her Dirrty side either.The songstress’s multiple outfit changes saw her whip through a variety of edgy costumes, keeping her blonde hair held back in a voluminous high ponytail throughout.At one point, Christina sang on stage with the slightly unexpected addition of a phallic strap-on attached to her costume, which also comprised of a Hulk-esque torso piece and swollen arms, thigh-high patent boots and silver glittery sunglasses.She also showed off a recreation of her infamous ‘bottomless’ chaps from her iconic 2002 Dirrty music video – a look she’s enjoyed revisiting before – but this time in fire engine red and paired with a long trench coat (which of course came off), studded bodysuit, sunglasses and coordinating microphone.She was also seen enjoying herself in a pink latex costume featuring what looked like pink cone-shaped nipples, which she held in her hands as she stuck her tongue out.Christina does not do things by halves.The entertainer also matched her old Lady Marmalade collaborator Mya in neon yellow at one point, showing off a lace-print outfit with carnivalesque feathers

London services manager.‘But because the people I worked with were a lot younger there was a lot more support and often, in the case of schools, they had their peers.‘Whereas now, introducing some quite big social issues such as homelessness, you realise there are a lot of problems young LGBTQ+ people face when they try to access the help and support they need.’Statistics published by Stonewall in 2018 revealed 18% of LGBTQ+ people have been homeless at some point in their lives, with a majority of cases centring solely around an individual’s sexual orientation and gender identity. It’s a figure many homelessness organisations fear is set to rise, with akt reporting an increase of 71% in the number of young LGBTQ+ people accessing its services nationally between 2021 and 2022.  And given a study from the LGBT Foundation reported 71.5% of people accessing its domestic abuse service had not thought about seeking support before, it’s fair to assume such statistics show no sign of dropping. Ryan Douglas lived on the street for a total of three weeks after leaving his family home because of a homophobic family member. ‘It was the lowest of the low I’ve ever felt,’ he recalls.

BBC.‘As I come to the door usually I get “what are you?” It’s really not okay. I’m a paramedic first and foremost and I’m here to help.’Steph said since coming out she felt ‘enlightened’ and able to be her true self.

Holding hands in public – it’s such a simple human gesture, capable of telegraphing so much and yet this elementary gesture of friendship, love, affection, support and so many other basic human needs is off-limits, in public at least, to the majority of queer people in Australia and especially for gay men.A study conducted by ANZ in honour of their 11-year association with Mardi Gras back in 2017 showed that “members of Australia’s LGBTQI community are three times more likely to feel uncomfortable holding hands in public than other Australians” and that while 94% of respondents agreed that everyone should feel comfortable holding hands in public, only 43% of the LGBTQI community actually felt comfortable and confident enough to do so.And let’s face it, we’re not talking about the horrors of seeing two people eating each other’s faces on a train platform or dry humping in a library, this is two people engaging in the most innocuous forms of Public Displays of Affection possible and yet the sight of two men holding hands is enough to make this 42-year-old gay man blush with the romanticism and braveness of it all, having never walked down the street holding another man’s hand.Will this ever change? Will this simple gesture of love and affection ever truly be an accepted declaration between two men on the streets of rural or suburban Australia? Hopefully one day, Australians of all persuasions will feel safe to perform that most simple act of human connection – basic skin-on-skin contact with another human being of our choosing.© Star Observer 2022 | For the latest in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTIQ) news in Australia, be sure to visit

Paula Abdul is celebrating Gay Pride Month!

Related: Madison Cawthorn reacts to losing GOP Primary in North CarolinaWhen his defeat became apparent, in a show of magnanimity, Cawthorn congratulated his victorious opponent, State Senator Chuck Edwards, and encouraged Republicans to rally behind him.It seems that magnanimity did not last long.Cawthorn, whose one-term career as a representative was marked by controversy and scandal, was back on social media yesterday.First, he posted a cryptic message stating: “The best is yet to come.”The best is yet to come.— Madison Cawthorn (@CawthornforNC) May 19, 2022He followed this with a lengthy message thanking fellow far-right lawmakers and other so-called patriots who had supported him, even “when it was not politically profitable.” An accompanying image of names included Tucker Carlson, Steven Bannon, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, President Donald Trump, Rand Paul, Charlie Kirk, and the NRA, among others.“These are honorable men and women who are the type of friends anyone yearns to have,” Cawthorn claimed.“There are other National figures who I believe are patriots, but I am on a mission now to expose those who say and promise one thing yet legislate and work towards another, self-profiteering, globalist goal.“The time for gentile politics as usual has come to an end. It’s time for the rise of the new right, it’s time for Dark MAGA to truly take command,” he continued, invoking the spirit of Darth Vader.“We have an enemy to defeat, but we will never be able to defeat them until we defeat the cowardly and weak members of our own party.

Lauren Boebert is having a very, very bad day on Twitter thanks to her BFF Madison Cawthorn losing his primary.The 26-year-old anti-LGBTQ lawmaker lost his seat in North Carolina’s GOP primary to State Senator Chuck Edwards yesterday. His embarrassing defeat came just one day after securing a late message of support from ex-president Donald Trump.So what does Boebert have to do with any of this?Well, now that Cawthorn has officially been made a one-term member of Congress, people are hoping the same goes for Boebert.Colorado’s GOP primary will happen on June 28.

Associated Press called the race for Sen. Chuck Edwards, at 11.09 pm ET.

Top left: Malcolm Kenyatta photographed by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival; bottom left: Izzy Smith Wade-El courtesy Victory Fund; right: Brian Sims photographed by Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Elizabeth Taylor AIDS FoundationThere were mixed results for LGBTQ+ candidates in Pennsylvania’s primary races Tuesday, with two out state representatives losing bids for higher office but a continued LGBTQ+ presence in the legislature assured — including, possibly, Pennsylvania’s first nonbinary state lawmaker.John Fetterman, currently Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, won the Democratic primary for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat, besting U.S. Rep.

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

Well, today’s the day!Republican voters in North Carolina are currently hitting the polls to determine whether to make Madison Cawthorn a one term congressman. He’s facing seven challengers in today’s primary and things aren’t looking great for the young Nazi enthusiast.The AP reports:Several GOP leaders have turned away from the 26-year-old congressman, with some citing a series of unforced errors, such as calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug” after Russia invaded his country.

a rising star in the MAGA movement, is no stranger to scandal — and now it seems he may be on the verge of losing the support of former President Donald Trump himself.Following a series of disclosures around Cawthorn’s conduct — some involving sexual imagery and wearing lingerie, with some observers speculating they were released to raise questions about his sexuality and stoke homophobia — Trump is disappointed and found it “gross,” according to reporting by Rolling Stone.While the former president hasn't pulled his endorsement, “he wants to sit back and see what happens,” a source told the magazine. “But he’s been disappointed with Madison and thinks he has problems handling his [public relations],” they added, particularly about the photos and videos that have been released.Another source told Rolling Stone that Trump was shocked and disgusted by the footage, going so far as to ask if Cawthorn was “f***ing his cousin,” who appears in one of the videos where Cawthorn talks about sex.“President Trump is completely weirded out by the allegations,” a third source told the publication.While this latest round of controversy involving Cawthorne might not be sitting well with Trump, it’s far from the first time the representative has faced backlash for his actions.