Children's Hospital Staff Threatened After Transgender Treatment Claims

A federal judge on Aug. 18 dismissed a lawsuit against a Montgomery County Public Schools policy that is designed to protect transgender students.

leaked a series of DMs from actress Amandla Stenberg has deleted her Twitter and TikTok accounts.Lena Wilson, a freelance writer with The New York Times, had been attacked over her response to Stenberg's DMs.The actress sent a private message to Wilson after she wrote a negative review of the slasher movie Bodies Bodies Bodies.Wilson panned the horror release, which stars 23-year-old Stenberg alongside Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott, Lee Pace and Pete Davidson.The film follows the story of a group of rich Gen Z-ers partying at a remote mansion.Wilson described the film in her August 4 review as "bloated with pompous irony" and that it was "perfectly tailored to one of [production company] A24's key demographics: bougie 25-year-olds who value branding over substance."The one line in the review that Stenberg was especially unhappy with was Wilson's comments on cleavage."The only thing that really sets Bodies Bodies Bodies apart is its place in the A24 hype machine, where it doubles as a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage and Charli XCX's latest single," Wilson wrote.Stenberg's DM to Wilson read: "Maybe if you had gotten ur eyes off my t**s you could've watched the movie!"Wilson shared that Instagram DM to her Twitter weeks later, but then followed it up with a TikTok response calling out the actress, accusing Stenberg—who identifies as gay—of homophobia.In the video, Wilson started: "Hey, Amandla! Generally a big fan of your work, but this sure is something.

Manchester United's new singing Casemiro headed straight to Roy Keane after being unveiled to the Old Trafford crowd on Monday evening. Keane was appearing as a pundit on Sky Sports for the Red Devils' clash with Liverpool when he was approached by the Brazilian.

The mum of a Scots transwoman who is competing in a women's professional golf tournament has hit out at Judy Murray after she criticised her daughter's place in the competition.

American Idol Sanjaya Malakar said he's bisexual, and was not aware of such when he became a national sensation appearing on the talent competition in 2007.Malakar, 32, appearing on the podcast The Adam Sank Show Monday, chat about his time on the show and the years since, as well as his sexuality.'I identify as bisexual,' Malakar told Sank, adding that 'at the time' he was a contestant on the show - when there was speculation over his sexuality - he 'did not know, which was why it was so weird.' The latest: American Idol Sanjaya Malakar, 32, said he's bisexual, and was not aware of such when he became a national sensation appearing on the talent competition in 2007The Seattle native was 17 when he initially tried out for the show in 2006 with his sister Shyamali, and made it into the show's top 10 in an unlikely ascent - as judge Simon Cowell had criticized his vocals as 'utterly horrendous' - but was popular with viewers who continued to vote for him.He was eventually eliminated in the top seven, after performing songs such as Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's Ain't No Mountain High Enough, No Doubt's Bathwater and Irving Berlin's Cheek to Cheek. Malakar, who currently works as a bartender and pastry chef, said that he was 'raised by women' and eventually got involved with theater.'I had a hard time figuring out how to interact with young boys because my dad's from India and grew up in a temple, so there was never like, "This is how you are a boy,"' he said.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Singapore government announced that it will continue to restrict and classify media content with LGBTQ themes, even after its planned decriminalization of same-sex relationships.The move to repeal a colonial-era law that criminalized sex between men was announced Sunday by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The law, Section 377A of the Penal Code, was introduced in 1938 and established a two-year jail term for “any act of gross indecency” between two men, either in public or in private.London-based Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen (“Ilo Ilo,” “Wet Season”) commended the planned repeal.

The Vietnamese Health Ministry earlier this month announced it no longer considers LGBTQ people to be sick.

Dwyane Wade has submitted a petition to a Los Angeles County court to legally change the name and gender of his transgender daughter, Zaya Wade.Because Zaya Wade is under 18 — she is 15 — her father has to make the request, notes celebrity news site The Blast, which viewed the court documents.Dwyane Wade, a retired NBA star, and his wife, actress Gabrielle Union, who is Zaya’s stepmother, have been consistently supportive of Zaya. “First of all, me and my wife, we are proud parents of a child in the LGBTQ+ community,” Dwyane Wade told Ellen DeGeneres on the latter’s talk show in 2020.

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson has tried but failed to become the first trans woman in the Ladies Professional Golf Association.Davidson, 29, competed in Stage I of the LPGA/Epson Tour Qualifying Tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif., this past week, but her scores weren’t good enough to move her to Stage II, Golfweek reports.Davidson was the second trans golfer to try to qualify for the LPGA. Bobbi Lancaster did so in 2013 and qualified for the Epson Tour, a lower-level golf tour, but decided to devote her time to activism instead, according to Golfweek. Davidson also participated in the qualifying rounds last year but didn’t make the cut.She played golf on men’s teams in college at Wilmington University in Delaware and Christopher Newport University in Virginia.

Gemma Collins has wowed fans by channelling her inner Pamila Anderson in a photoshoot.The former TOWIE star posed in a red swimsuit in a stunning Baywatch inspired photoshoot for her 2018 campaign with Boohoo.The 41-year-old oozed confidence in the frilly bardot-style swimsuit.READ MORE: TOWIE's Gemma Collins shares slimmest snaps yet as she strips down to plunging swimsuitThe blonde bombshell is standing with her hand on her hip while looking away from the lens and is holding onto a lifeguard's float. The star has her luscious golden locks curled with a side parting – similar to Pamela Anderson's signature blonde do in the Baywatch series.She looked stunning with her makeup done similar to that of 55-year-old Pamela's from the popular lifeguard series Gemma had fluttering eyelashes and a bronzed glow.As Gemma shared the throwback photo on her Instagram page on Monday morning, she penned in the caption: "BAYWATCH BABY" followed by a kissing emoji.Her fans were quick to flock to the comments section to gush over the star.

When a 40-year-old German man recently complained of a red spot on his nose, a family doctor initially diagnosed him with sunburn. But when the red dot turned black and began to rot, the man was rushed to the University Hospital in Bonn, where medical staff gave multiple frightening diagnoses.He developed lesions around his mouth and body due to a monkeypox, or MPV, infection confirmed by PCR testing.Several additional tests, including those for sexually transmitted infections, revealed that the man had both advanced HIV and severe syphilis.Due to the confluence of infections, his immune system had been significantly weakened, allowing necrosis or tissue death to occur opportunistically.The German's severe MPV case was documented in the medical journal Infection. "The patient had never been tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STI) before," the report states.The man received TPOXX for seven days, antiretroviral therapy for HIV, and antibiotics for syphilis.The skin lesions have dried out, and some swelling in the nose has subsided, doctors observed.As of yet, most MPV infections have been mild, and people living with controlled HIV do not seem to be at risk of severe illness.

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publicly came out as a "proud bisexual woman" in an Instagram story. Also, during Season 6 of Riverdale, fans began to speculate about Betty being queer when she seemed to crush on another female FBI agent. She continued explaining that producing has been very different from acting, but she enjoys it just as much.

Jared Kushner appears to be doing everything he can to dispel rumors that he’s the “Mar-a-Lago” mole who ratted out Donald Trump to the FBI, resulting in the agency searching the ex-president’s Palm Beach, Florida resort earlier this month.In an appearance on Fox News over the weekend, Kushner told anchor Mark Levin that the raid, which he called an “unfortunate turn of events”, was yet another example of Trump’s “enemies” persecuting him.Related: Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert and others react to FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago“President Trump is a fighter,” Kushner, whose new book Breaking History: A White House Memoir, which is being panned by critics, hits bookstore shelves tomorrow, said. “He’s always been a fighter.”“In the way that he drives his enemies so crazy, they always over pursue him and make mistakes in trying to get him.

Rina Sawayama has given an emotional speech about LGBTQ+ rights in Japan.

The Hill.The bill would also prohibit medical schools and colleges from providing instruction on gender-affirming care and bar doctors who have provided gender-affirming care to a minor from receiving visas or being admitted to the United States.“When it comes to ‘gender-affirming care,’ which is really child abuse, this is actually an assault and it’s child abuse,” Greene said during a Thursday evening appearance on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight.“This practice should never happen,” Greene said. “It’s so disgusting and appalling…this needs to be illegal.”Greene’s bill is similar to bills passed in a handful of states, including Arkansas, where a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors has currently been blocked by a federal judge, and Alabama, which passed a law earlier this year penalizing doctors who prescribe or perform treatments to transgender youth under the age of 19, or assist them in obtaining such treatments, with up to 10 years in prison.In May, a federal judge partially blocked Alabama officials from trying to enforce the law, ruling that the state had not produced any credible evidence that gender-affirming health care is “experimental,” as the law’s proponents claim.

Gemma Collins has shared an update on her health after she was so unwell, that she almost collapsed.The television star who found fame on The Only Way Is Essex has revealed she was left "really, really unwell" and needed medical assistance after not feeling like herself.Gemma, 41, has been suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome, an underactive thyroid and a mystery illness which doctors claimed medicine would not be able to help.READ MORE: Gemma Collins in glamorous hair transformation – but fans prefer her old lookIn a new interview, the Celebrity Big Brother star said she has been working "a lot" while battling her mystery illness which she believes was a virus.Speaking about her health, Gemma told New magazine: "I have been so ill I cannot tell you, my workload has been a lot, but I've had a virus."I've been really, really, really unwell.

(CNN) -- Two pilots are believed to have fallen asleep and missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia on Monday, according to a report by commercial aviation news site Aviation Herald.The incident took place on board an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 en route from Khartoum to Addis Ababa, the report said, “when the pilots fell asleep” and “the aircraft continued past the top of descent.”Data obtained by the website indicates that the aircraft was cruising at 37,000 feet on autopilot when it failed to descend at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, its scheduled destination, on August 15.Air traffic control were apparently unable to reach the crew despite making several attempts at contact. However, an alarm was triggered when the plane overshot the runway and continued along the route.The aircraft subsequently began to descend, landing safely around 25 minutes later.Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data shows the aircraft overflying the runway, before beginning its descent and maneuvering for another approach.“We have received a report which indicates Ethiopian flight number ET343 en route from Khartoum to Addis Ababa temporarily lost communication with Addis Ababa Air Traffic Control on 15 August 2022,” reads a statement issued by Ethiopian Airlines on Friday.“The flight later landed safely after communication was restored.

In a major win for trans rights, a Utah judge has reversed the state’s harmful trans sports ban.

Gemma Collins was left stunned when a thief stole her £50 handout to a homeless man. The reality TV millionaire – said to be worth £7. 2 million – was shocked when she got caught in a tussle after giving the beggar the note.

A woman recently called into her local LGBTQ community center like it was “gay animal control” asking if they could do something to get her gay neighbor to stop bothering her.Jackson Whitt, a man who works in the Utah Pride Center in Salt Lake City, shared a TikTok video in which he played the woman’s voicemail.“We get like a lot of crazy calls,” Whitt says. “But this is my favorite voicemail we’ve gotten so far.”In her message, the woman states her name and then says, “I’m having problems with a gay person that I’ve known for a while, and he is bothering me and I would like to report him to you… And I know that you can help me so that he will not bother me any longer.”After playing her voicemail, Whitt remarked, “She called us like we were gay animal control to come remove the bothersome homosexual from her neighborhood!”In her defence, I’m usually havung problems with gay person too ???? #lgbt #lgbtq #queer #queercomedy #gaytiktok #gayboy #gaybear ? original sound – Jackson Carter In a follow-up video, Whitt said that the woman called the Pride Center again before he could call her back, and she said that the gay man in question had lived across the street from her for years.“He’s evil.

Singapore will decriminalise sex between men, the prime minister said on Sunday, effectively making it legal to be homosexual in the city-state.

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Troubled crypto lender and borrower Hodlnaut on Friday (Aug 19) laid off about 40 employees since pausing crypto withdrawals and disclosed an investigation by the Singapore police.

Gemma Collins started her new role as an Agony Aunt by demanding a fan dump her influencer boyfriend because he 'has to talk to other girls for his brand'. The GC jumped into her job on Channel 4 show The Big Breakfast this morning. Typically brash, the TOWIE legend didn't hold back when dishing out the advice on the recently re-launched programme.

GEMMA Collins has revealed her glamorous new hair do after a trip to a top salon - as she spots long blonde extensions. The former The Only Way Is Essex star could be seen posing in the salon chair as she headed for a visit to Netohair in London. Gemma, 41, looked glamorous as she stepped out of the salon in a velour two-piece tracksuit, letting her hair flown down her chest.

Anthony Joshua's IBO, WBA, IBF and WBO world heavyweight title belts after winning them off the British boxer in their first fight. Usyk throughly outpointed Joshua at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last September, claiming a 117-112, 116-112, 115-113 on the judges' scorecards to become the unified heavyweight champion.

A judge in Utah has blocked enforcement of the state’s transgender sports ban, days after news emerged that parents of cisgender female athletes had filed a complaint about an alleged trans competitor who turned out not to be.Judge Keith A. Kelly in the Third District Court of Utah, located inose Salt Lake County, issued a preliminary injunction Friday against the state’s blanket ban on trans girls in girls’ school sports, meaning it can’t be enforced while a lawsuit against it proceeds.

Boston Children’s Hospital has faced a torrent of threats and harassment from an online campaign aimed at doctors and staff caring for transgender children.

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A state court has ruled against a recently passed Utah law prohibiting on transgender girls participating in sports consistent with the gender identity, issuing an order barring school officials from enforcing the ban while giving authority to a legislature-created commission.

Tom Daley had been out having drinks in Soho, reports The Sun. They began with dinner at glitzy Italian restaurant Avo Mario, before watching a drag show at Ku Bar in Chinatown. They then moved on to Freedom on Wardour Street in Soho.Related: Dustin Lance Black trying not to laugh at Tom Daley’s bad jokes is adorableAlso at Freedom was Teddy Edwardes, the promoter of queer women’s events, Lick.

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Federal police in Brazil have called for prosecutors to charge President Jair Bolsonaro with incitement for spreading false information about COVID-19.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia plans to introduce legislation to federally ban gender-affirming care for transgender children.Greene announced the bill during a Thursday appearance on Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight. The Georgia Republican argued that gender-affirming care—which is backed by most in the medical establishment, including by major mainstream organizations like the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)—is "disgusting and appalling" and "child abuse" when minors are involved."I find this absolutely appalling, Tucker," Greene said. "When it comes to gender-affirming care, which is really child abuse, this is actually an assault and it's child abuse.

Florida prosecutor Andrew Warren has sued Governor Ron DeSantis after he was suspended for voicing support for trans and abortion rights. 

Peacock’s new film, “They/Them,” made in Georgia, is almost like two movies rolled into one — a conversion camp drama and a slasher film. It stars an appealing and talented group of younger performers, in addition to some more established stars.

Casualty trailer reveals cave rescue, Stevie's war and exit for Sah?Casualty star George Rainsford exit confirmed amid co-star tributes?Casualty exit fears for Ethan as George Rainsford drops huge hints he is leavingShe reacted by saying that she wouldn’t let him make her decisions for her – and walked off to meet Robyn.Rash’s reaction was coming from a place of love and care for Paige, but he really needs to step back. As Robyn wisely said: ‘This isn’t the time to fix things.

Gemma Collins has spoken out on her relationship with her fiancé Rami Hawash's son Tristan's mum, Fernanda Mess.The TOWIE star, 41, who recently cooled off in a floral bikini as the second heatwave swept the country, opened up about her blended family dynamics in an exclusive chat with OK! magazine. Clearly a doting stepmum to Tristan, three, Gemma explained that they've come to a mutual understanding of putting him first, above all else, and are "very adult" about it all. “I know a lot of families are at war with each other.

Gemma Collins reunited with her Celebrity Big Brother pal Jonathan Cheban for a wild night out in London last night, Wednesday 17 August.The TV star became friends after meeting on CBB in 2016 and have kept in touch ever since. It’s reportedly been three years since the pair saw each other but on Wednesday night, the duo reunited for a fun-filled evening out in London town.

Donald Trump and his camp are reportedly having a collective panic attack after coming to the conclusion that a member of the ex-president’s own family might have tipped off the FBI about the classified documents being stored in the basement of at Mar-a-Lago.Multiple sources close to Trump tell The Guardian that after the FBI searched his Palm Beach resort last week, aides began frantically speculating about who among them was in cahoots with the agency.Related: People are sharing what was #FoundAtMarALago during Trump’s FBI raid and LOLOLOLInitially they thought it might be one of the ex-president’s political aides, or perhaps a member of the resort staff. But now they think the “Mar-a-Lago mole” might be closer to Trump than they first thought.The reason?Because only a family member would have known to tell agents to look for a specific leather-bound box, as well the location of Trump’s safe.

In the winter of 2003, Norah Vincent, a 35-year-old journalist, began to practice passing as a man. With the help of a makeup artist, she learned to simulate stubble by snipping bits of wool and painting them on her chin. She wore her hair, already short, cut in a flattop, and bought rectangular framed glasses, to accentuate the angles of her face.

Jimmy Eugene Johnson III, left, is on trial this week on charges of capital murder in connection with the May 2018 strangulation death of transgender woman Carla Flores-Pavon.

Shannel has responded to accusations that she stole money from a customer’s purse during a recent drag brunch in Las Vegas.

A Democratic Florida prosecutor is suing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis over his sudden removal from his elected position.In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, Andrew Warren, who served as Hillsborough County state attorney, accused DeSantis of abusing his power by suspending him for not prosecuting women who violate the state’s new 15-week abortion ban.DeSantis suspended the prosecutor in Tampa, Andrew Warren, earlier this month with an executive order.