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Britain has abandoned plans for the ‘Safe to Be Me’ event after backlash over the government’s decision to exclude Trans people from the new conversion therapy ban. The conference was cancelled after more than 80 LGBTQ+ and HIV groups decided to boycott it in solidarity with the Trans community. The ‘Safe to Be Me’ conference […]

HB 233. He says the aim of the bill is to “give an alternative form of marriage for those pastors and other individuals who have a conscientious objection to the current pathway to marriage in our law.”HB 233 legislates over “common-law” marriage.

GEMMA Collins has revealed she will start trying for a baby in August. The former Towie star said she would make time to start a family after her West End stint as Mama Morton in Chicago this summer.

Just days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, thousands of people in Canada joined a truckers’ protest movement called the “freedom convoy” to oppose government health measures.

The Prime Minister has argued it is not “reasonable” for children to make decisions on their gender without parental involvement.

On Tuesday, April 5, Irish LGBTQ+ icon Ailbhe Smyth was awarded a prestigious Honorary Doctorate from NUI Galway [NUIG]. The activist accepted the Degree of Doctor of Laws yesterday as a part of the University’s Spring 2022 conferral ceremonies, also offering a speech expressing her delight at the occasion. According to Helen Maher who spoke […]

have tried and failed multiple times to pass bills making specious legal arguments that the state doesn’t have to abide by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 marriage equality ruling. Now they are trying to establish a separate marriage registration process for male-female couples who object to the regular process.House Bill 233 and the companion Senate Bill 562 would set up a way to register common-law marriages that are in keeping with the definition of marriage approved by Tennessee voters.

Pride in London will commemorate its 50th anniversary by retracing the route of the historic 1972 march during this year’s celebrations.

Ironheart TV series will be the first to bring a transgender character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.The TV series coming to Disney+ has already cast Dominique Thorne (Judas And The Black Messiah, If Beale Street Could Talk) as genius inventor Riri Williams in Ironheart, an original series about the creator of the most advanced suit of armour since Iron Man.Now, a casting call seen by POC Culture says the studio is looking for a “Black, Latina or Afro-Latina transgender woman who is around 18-22 years old” to play a character who is “unapologetically nerdy” with a “mystical bent and unique sense of humour”.Ironheart is expected to release in 2023, though no confirmation has been given.Over the years Marvel has slowly introduced LGBTQ+ characters within its universe.Last year, Chloé Zhao’s Eternals film introduced the first openly gay superhero in the MCU with Phastos, played by Brian Tyree Henry. And Loki’s fluid gender identity and bisexuality were confirmed in his popular Disney+ series last year.Tessa Thompson’s character of Valkyrie has also been confirmed as part of the community.

transgender cyclist Emily Bridges was last week barred from competing in a women's event after the sport's governing body ruled she was not eligible.Bridges, 21, who had been due to compete in a women's event for the first time at the British National Omnium Championships, set a national junior men's record over 25 miles in 2018 and began hormone therapy last year to reduce her testosterone levels.Also this week, new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission said that transgender people can be legitimately excluded from single-sex services - but only if the reasons are "justifiable and proportionate".

The Mayor of New York City has launched an ad campaign denouncing the passage of Florida’s “shameful” “Don’t Say Gay Bill”, while calling on LGBTQI Floridians to come and live in New York City.Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay Bill,” officially named the Parental Rights in Education Bill, will restrict the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity. It states, “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade three or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”Parents would be able to sue if a school if school is suspected of violating the law.LGBTQ+ activist Daniel Dromm said, “These ads will reaffirm New York City’s commitment to creating an inclusive school environment, in sharp contrast to the discriminatory policies of Governor DeSantis.”The campaign will run on social media and on digital billboards across Florida for eight weeks, from April 4 until May 29.© Star Observer 2022 | For the latest in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTIQ) news in Australia, be sure to visit

Uber also plans to add plane tickets later this year, allowing you to order a trip to Australia at the drop of a hat without having to log onto SkyScanner.The plane tickets will be made available as QR codes within the app, which will automatically arrange door-to-door transport with Uber cars picking you up to take you to the airport or station. Uber has featured public transport directions on its app since 2019 but hasn't let users buy tickets until now.

The UK government’s first-ever global LGBTQ+ conference has been cancelled after it backtracked on a promise to ban ‘conversion therapy’.

Gemma Collins stepped out on stage last night for the first night of her GC's Big Night Out tour, but she ended up being heckled and booed.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it will supply Ukraine with the HIV drugs it needs following Russia’s invasion in February.

Harry Styles has spilled the beans on the explicit sex scenes he has reportedly shot for two upcoming feature films.Styles is set to appear onscreen in two new provocative films; he plays a gay police officer in 1950s Brighton in My Policeman, alongside Emma Corrin and David Dawson, and Don’t Worry Darling with Florence Pugh and Gemma Chan.Styles laughed, when Kemp asked the star which film would be suitable to watch with your parents. “I’ve heard it is getting racy,” said Kemp.“I don’t know if you can watch either with your parents.

Activists have welcomed the sentencing of two Gauteng men to life in prison for the hate crime rape of a 19-year-old lesbian woman in 2020.

Book Now There’s a reason Venice is known as “La Serenissima” or the “most serene.” This miracle of a city shouldn’t exist at all, but somehow she does. Her canals and bridges intentionally cause you to slow down. And when you do, a world of almost incalculable beauty awaits.

Gemma Collins debuted her brand new tour in Manchester last night - but found herself being booed over a comment that didn't go down well with her audience.

admitted on Monday it meant the conference due to be held in June and July was now in doubt.Now Sky News understands that the event is set to be cancelled.The conference would have coincided with the 50th anniversary of the capital's first official Pride marches.It was billed as the UK's first ever global LGBT conference when it was launched by senior ministers Liz Truss and Dominic Raab last year.Reacting to the event's cancellation, Conservative MP Dehenna Davison tweeted: "We had such a huge opportunity to prove the UK (and the Conservative Party) is a defender of freedom."As a Conservative member of the LGBT+ community, it is so wrong it has come to this."The decision to not ban transgender conversion therapy prompted the UK's LBGT+ business champion Iain Anderson to resign, saying it was "profoundly shocking".A government spokesperson repeated the position from Monday that it was "considering how to proceed" over the conference.Earlier this week, A Tory MP announced he is trans in a highly personal Twitter post.Jamie Wallis, MP for Bridgend, said he had been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, adding: "I've felt this way since I was a very young child."Mr Wallis also rallied against ministers' plans to limit a ban on conversion therapy for gay people.Posting on Twitter, he said it was "wrong to exclude protections for a whole group of people from a practice described as 'abhorrent'".A national LGBT survey done by the government in 2017 suggested that 5% of LGBT people have been offered conversion, and 2% have undergone the therapy.These figures were higher among trans people, with 8% saying they had been offered the therapy, and 4% reporting having undergone it.

A brand new transgender character is expected to debut in Marvel’s forthcoming Disney+ TV series Ironheart.

“We still don’t know what to make of this cruel act of violence. In only five short months we were privileged to become home to such a talented and vital community of artists. It breaks our hearts that anyone would seek to threaten that for any reason.”Rash added that it was working with police to investigate.

A Catholic Bishop has demanded that a Jesuit-run school in Massachusetts stop flying the LGBTQI Pride and Black Lives Matter flags. Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester, who was arrested in 2013 for drunken driving, said the Nativity School of Worcester could risk losing its Catholic identity if it chose to continue to fly the flags. The school on its part has stood by its decision. Bishop McManus, found out about the flags recently and issued a statement on April 3 criticising the school. “While we teach that everyone is created in the image and likeness of God, gay pride flags are often used to stand in contrast to consistent Catholic teaching that sacramental marriage is between a man and a woman.

Bridgerton star Luke Thompson has opened up about his character’s sexuality in a brand new interview.

Six of Crows: Young criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker is offered the chance at a heist that should be impossible. To pull it off, he'll need the help of his crew: a spy, a runaway, a sharpshooter, a convict, and a heartrender. And if they don't tear each other apart first, they might just be able to pull it off.

*Or at least that’s what I tell myself in the mirror several times a day.I've only had one long-term boyfriend in my life up until now and being with him revealed parts of myself that I didn't even know I had in me. Love can do that for you. I wanted to know the whole story, not just my side, of these crushes, gain some closure, and hopefully catch glimpses of my “past self” from their point of view. I reached out to 10 guys in total and nervously waited for messages back.

A Qatar official revealed that rainbow flags might be confiscated during the highly anticipated 2022 FIFA World Cup.

GEMMA Collins looked the ultimate A-lister after slipping into a lime green suit and wading through a mob of adoring fans. The GC, 41, channelled her inner diva as she showed off her slimmed-down figure outside The Opera House Theatre in Manchester.

WLBT reports. Family members have said Webster’s death was robbery-homicide, but police have yet to confirm.During the event, Webster’s mother, Sharon Taylor, begged the community to help find justice for her daughter.“Everybody share it all on Facebook,” said Taylor. “All over Facebook.

From 2006 to 2012, Rocco Reed was a prolific gay-for-pay performer in the adult video industry, appearing in over 1,000 scenes for studios like Men.com. But these days, Reed — a 39-year-old whose birth name is Joshua Broome — has become a preacher at the Good News Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Broome recently told The New York Post that he began appearing in adult videos after moving to Los Angeles, California because some female friends said it would help him become a movie star. From age 23 to age 29, he shot dozens of scenes each month.

Harry Styles has opened up about his NSFW sex scenes in the upcoming film My Policeman.

Is New York City going to be this shitty?On Monday of this week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled an ad campaign to coax LGBTQ+ Floridians who are upset about the new “don’t say gay” law to move to Gotham. “We want you here in New York,” Adams said. “This is the city of Stonewall. This is the city where we are proud to talk about how you can live in a comfortable setting and not be harassed, not be abused — not only as adults but also as young people.”I found some irony in this campaign.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Garfield said that he had talked with the film’s producer about exploring the character’s sexuality on film.“I was kind of joking, but kind of not joking about MJ (Spider-Man’s love interest),” he told Entertainment Weekly. “What if MJ is a dude? Why can’t we discover that Peter is exploring his sexuality? It’s hardly even groundbreaking! So why can’t he be gay? Why can’t he be into boys.”But while Garfield’s subsequent comment that Spider-Man should represent everybody got him a standing ovation at a Comic-Con panel, he also said that “it wouldn’t make sense” to suddenly make the superhero gay.

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Better Nate Than Ever star Rueby Wood opened up about the film’s inspirational message in a new interview. 

In early January of 2022, one Texas school district superintendent truly dedicated himself to the anti-LGBTQ movement sweeping across American state legislatures, directing librarians in the district to permanently remove roughly 130 books from their shelves — over 75 percent of which contained LGBTQ characters or themes.Granbury Independent School District Superintendent Jeremy Glenn gave the order during a confidential meeting with district librarians held on January 10.A recording of the meeting obtained by NBC News, ProPublica, and The Texas Tribune revealed the contents of the meeting and the reasoning behind his directive. Glenn, following in line with the arguments many Texas officials have made when banning books, told the librarians he didn’t want kids “reading about how to hook up sexually in our libraries,” whether the book was “about homosexuality or heterosexuality.”His comments in the meeting went much further — and were much more explicitly hateful — than that argument.

Terry Loftis and Regina Lyn are the co-chairs for Black Tie Dinner 2022.

Ron DeSantis signed into law last week, say it is homophobic and makes local LGBTQ communities feel targeted, while supporters say parents have a right to choose what kind of information their child is exposed to.In a statement, Schmidt said the bill is aimed at giving children an education "without political activism," with Lopchik adding it "promotes free and fair discussion.""Children deserve a quality education that is fair, unbiased and age appropriate," Loychik said.Additionally, the bill bans schools from "using textbooks and imposing curriculum that promotes or endorses divisive and inherently racist concepts," according to Schmidt and Loychik's statement.Anyone found to be in violation of the rule would undergo a hearing, then the state superintendent would decide whether the complaint is valid. If that decision is made, the Ohio Department of Education would withhold funding based on the "severity of the offense," which includes a "tiered funding penalty and terms for restoration of funds."This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.Update 4/5/22 5:20 p.m.

She Chose Another Road I have a drawer full of magic. Serums, powders, creams, all promising to reverse time. Every day it takes me a bit longer to look how I think I should.

Turning Red,” Pixar director Domee Shi has been promoted to a key leadership role alongside the film’s producer, Lindsey Collins. Shi has been named a creative vice president at Pixar, joining a creative leadership team that also includes chief creative officer Pete Docter, “Finding Nemo” director Andrew Stanton, “Onward” director Dan Scanlon and “The Good Dinosaur” director Peter Sohn.

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who came to Fort Worth in 2016 to grandstand with a press conference denouncing the school district’s policies on who could use its public restrooms, is coming after LGBTQ students again, this time by promising to make a Texas version of Florida’s hateful “Don’t Say Gay” bill one of his legislative priorities in 2023. (Tammye Nash/Dallas Voice)

Proving there’s no back itch he can’t scratch, Riverdale star KJ Apa took to Instagram over the weekend to ask his followers an important question: “KJ or Fifi?”We’re going to be honest, we had no idea what he was talking about, so we took to the World Wide Web to investigate and found out a “fifi” is both a Quebec-French pejorative for a gay person, and a a type of mountaineering hook.  A post shared by KJ Apa (@kjapa)But Apa doesn’t mean either of these, as further lunch break digging revealed “Fifi” is the name of his TikTok alter ego.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterPixar Animation Studios is promoting “Turning Red” producer Lindsey Collins and director Domee Shi into leadership roles at the company.Collins has been named into a new position, as senior vice president of development.

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), one of the increasingly pro-Putin Republicans on Capitol Hill, is being pummeled on social media after attacking Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin over “wokeism,” while, some say, appearing to be siding with a foreign power, namely Russia.

San Francisco's redistricting task force continues to bounce back and forth between new maps for the city's 11 supervisor districts to the consternation of LGBTQ advocates and other groups. In its latest head-scratching move, the panel in the early morning hours of April 5 rejected the map favored by the public that it had nearly unanimously voted for Saturday.Instead, by a 6-3 vote, it decided to go with a different map that once again splits off the city's transgender cultural district in the Tenderloin from District 6 and places gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman's residence into District 9.

Gemma Collins was joined by her nephew Hayden to lunch ahead of her debut on her GC Big Night Out tour.The star, 41, kicks off her stage show in Manchester on Tuesday evening before heading out on a UK tour. And reality star Gemma looked radiant as she left a meal at The Ivy in Manchester ahead of her evening show with her nephew Hayden.The GC wrapped up warm in a long cream coat and clutched onto a Louis Vuitton handbag as she left the restaurant flanked by security guards.The star wore her blonde locks tied up in a messy bun and wore a pair of diamanté sunglasses to complete her look as she spent some quality time with her nephew, who dressed casually in a fur lined winter coat and comfy black trousers.

admitted on Monday it meant the conference due to be held in June and July was now in doubt.Now Sky News understands that the event is set to be cancelled.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerWhat was the plan for the summit?The conference would have coincided with the 50th anniversary of the capital's first official Pride marches.It was billed as the UK's first ever global LGBT conference when it was launched by senior ministers Liz Truss and Dominic Raab last year.