Damaging effects of conversion therapy discussed at campaign event

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.

ABOVE: Vice President Very-Not-Pence.

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.

After being delayed by a year due to the COVID pandemic, San Francisco's LGBTQ community recently came out to support mental health services as the nonprofit Queer LifeSpace celebrated its 10th anniversary.The gala, held May 7, also premiered the organization's new Emerging Queer Artists in Their Youth program, EQUARTY, with a silent auction of 13 works from seven emerging artists.The organization's executive director, Ryan MacCarrigan, told the Bay Area Reporter the event raised close to $40,000 for the San Francisco LGBTQ mental health and substance abuse services organization. About 150 people attended the outdoor daytime reception in Lower Nob Hill while another 100 people who could not attend nevertheless made donations.The funds will help QLS's 163 clients and work toward expanding the organization's in-person and virtual counseling services.

On May 13, I (Adam Long) and fellow LGBTQ+ colleagues, including Minister for Equality Roderic O’Gorman TD, were invited to discuss current priority issues for our community, as part of the closing panel event of the Pride At Work 2022 Conference. Chair Paula Fagan of LGBT Ireland opened our discussion with a focus on Hate […]

As part of GCN’s In & Out Festival of LGBTQ+ Creativity, Sporting Pride is delighted to invite you to a live online discussion with elite transgender athlete Chris Mosier. Transgender inclusion in sports is a topic that has been discussed all too often without the presence of transgender athletes – the voices of those most […]

Parents and guardians are often unsure of how to broach the subject of sexuality, gender and queer identities with children, not least because this might in some way open the door to talk to them about sex. That’s a topic so notoriously uncomfortable that we still refer to this discussion as talking about “the birds and the bees”, despite being two decades into the 21st century.

Ukraine’s war with Russia after Russia invaded it in February.The merchandise, including hoodies and T-shirts, is inspired by a group called the Achilles Brotherhood in Ukraine’s military, according to a press release.The group said that queer Ukrainian soldiers wear a symbol of a unicorn to recognize each other, and Treasure Island Media has used the symbol to develop the merchandise.“The unicorn, in heraldic books, is likened to a brave soldier. The red half of the design incorporates a trident (the national symbol of Ukraine), red fire (a symbol of the threat the soldiers pose to their enemies), and a fire sword (a symbol of the military).

Local MSP for Linlithgow, Fiona Hyslop, has backed a campaign by Girlguiding Scotland to address gender equality issues in schools.

Inishowen will debut its first Pride parade this year, led by a diverse group of locals all committed to the core values of inclusion, equality and community spirit. “We are excited to announce that Buncrana will host Donegal’s first Pride parade on Sunday 5th June 2022, at 3PM,” said Jen McCarron, Inishowen Pride committee member […]

To mark International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) 2022, Ireland’s European Parliament Liaison Office is hosting a discussion surrounding mental health and LGBTQ+ youth. The event takes place in Dublin on Friday, May 20, from 3PM – 4PM, and features prominent figures from the country’s queer scene. Moderating the event is Aifric Ní […]

Dating app Hinge has announced an industry-first new fund to further help future daters from LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities.

Parliament has scheduled a debate on including trans people in its restrictions on ‘conversion therapy’ after a petition on the issue got more than 140,000 signatures.

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.

Florida Democrat Michele Rayner-Goolsby, who would have been Florida’s first out U.S. representative, suspended her campaign for Congress on Monday morning. She appears to be one of the victims of Gov.

Jurassic World Dominion star DeWanda Wise opened up about her bisexual character in a new interview.

Comedian Jerrod Carmichael opened up about the “self-hate” he felt before coming out.

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. Perhaps the ugliest part of Australia’s election campaign has been the debate around the rights of transgender people.

American Horror Story star Billy Eichner opened up about the “funny and romantic” sex scenes in his upcoming film Bros.