Episode 1 of Brian Kennedy’s Falling Out podcasts debuts

former feminist icon, LGBTQ+ fans had reason to harbor very complicated feelings about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. On the one hand, the show introduced audiences to one of the most beautifully crafted same-sex love stories ever with the relationship between teen witches Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and Tara (Amber Benson).

The Babylon Bee, a satirical right-wing site, has been suspended from Twitter due to its tweet misgendering Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.The site was suspended for violating Twitter’s hateful conduct rule with its tweet saying it had selected Levine, a transgender woman, as its Man of the Year. Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon tweeted about the suspension Sunday night from his personal account.

Some new details are coming out about Pixar’s movie Luca.

When it comes to engagement rings, those time-honoured symbols of eternal love and happily ever afters, Ryan Thomas has offered some sage advice to GCN readers who are thinking of taking the leap. We spoke with Amy Ryan, Director of Ryan Thomas, and she filled us in on all the current trends and what you […]

GOSHH Ireland is hiring and they’re looking for a number of people to join their work on promoting mental, emotional, physical and social well-being. GOSHH (Gender, Orientation, Sexual Health, HIV) is a charity that provides care and prevention services relating to HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections and other sexual health issues. Their mission is to provide […]

Sen. Ted Cruz reportedly encountered a bit of turbulence before he even left the ground at a Montana airport over the weekend, and the jokes practically wrote themselves.In previous Ted Cruz airport drama, the senator famously flew to Cancun during a historic winter storm in Texas in February 2021, only to return 24 hours later amid public outrage.

Kid Rock stopped by Fox News host Tucker Carlson‘s show over the weekend to brag about how he can never be canceled, even after calling his audience a bunch of “f*ggots.”The 51-year-old “hick-hop” rapper said that he had survived wide backlash following a concert last June in which he was caught on camera calling his audience, “You f*cking f*ggots with your iPhones out.” He also told fans to “post this d*ck right now” in the same clip.Apparently, the backlash did little to assuage or enlighten him about his use of language.“I am uncancellable. Because I don’t give a f*ck,” he told Carson in a clip from their interview.

Charlie McDowell’s lockdown project “Windfall” is a farcical comedy that attempts to have some bite about capitalism. Jason Segel plays a man known only as “Nobody,” who breaks into a billionaire’s empty vacation home near the Topatopa Mountains in Ojai, California.

WCCB-TV.Between six and eight million cats and dogs go into shelters every year, the Humane Society has said. Of the enormous population in shelters, only three to four million stray animals get adopted.

Matt Gaetz formally announced his plan to run for re-election in 2022 and, like just about everything else he does, he somehow managed to screw it up.Related: Matt Gaetz gets fact checked about 2020 election by reporter on live TV and OMG how embarrassingThe anti-LGBTQ congressman, who is currently under federal investigation, confirmed he will fight to keep his seat in the U.S. House on Saturday while speaking to about 150 supporters at the grand opening of his new campaign office in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.Related: Matt Gaetz just got double fisted with some very bad newsHe followed that up with an announcement on Twitter, writing: “It’s chose [sic] your fighter time.

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We last caught up with the London Gay Men’s Chorus as they were preparing for their Big Birthday Bash concerts at The Clapham Grand last December, to mark their 30th anniversary.

We’ve seen Sasha Regan’s All-Male company before, when they performed The Pirates of Penzance at London’s Palace Theatre back in 2020.

Kim Davis, a former Kentucky clerk who, in 2015, refused to sign same-sex marriage licenses despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges legalizing these unions nationwide, violated the constitutional rights of couples seeking that documentation.“After S-E-V-E-N years, Judge Bunning finally ruled that Kim Davis intentionally violated our constitutional rights,” David Ermold, who was one of the couples Davis refused to issue a license to, tweeted in response to the ruling.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFilmmaker and musician Rob Zombie has been sharing plenty of insight for his upcoming release, the big-screen adaptation of “The Munsters.” He recently shared casting news that Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira, is set to appear in the film. “Here, I am playing this character that’s so so different from what I normally do, I’m playing a super straight character,” Peterson revealed.Last week, Zombie posted a photo of Peterson who looked unrecognizable in a red wig with a pink checkered suit. He wrote, “Straight from the set of ‘The Munsters’ is your first look at Barbara Carr, the #1 real estate agent in all of Mockingbird Heights.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been trending all morning on Twitter after an article from December 2019 resurfaced over the weekend. It talks about how she mocked then-candidate Joe Biden for stuttering during the sixth 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate.“I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I hhhave absolutely no idea what Biden is talking about. #DemDebate,” she tweeted.Per The Stuttering Foundation’s website:Stuttering. This often misunderstood disability affects over three million Americans.

Russian invasion of Ukraine with horror, one question continues to plague the minds of queer activists in the West: what about the LGBTQ people?Russian leader Vladimir Putin has a long record of oppression of the queer community from public humiliation and imprisonment to encouraging mob violence. Filmmaker David France documented Putin’s anti-gay campaign in his film Welcome to Chechnya [now streaming on HBO Max] which detailed queer oppression in the titular Russia-allied republic.Will Ukraine face the same fate? We sat down with France to discuss the situation for LGBTQ people living in Russia and Ukraine, the state of the underground resistance, and how Vladimir Putin has declared all-out war on queer people.

There’s an image that’s been doing the rounds on Twitter in the wake of the latest – and darkest – Batman movie coming out. It’s a collection stills from assorted Batman films, with the year of release for each film in the bottom right corner.

ABOVE: Jonathan Bennett and Jaymes Vaughan are married.

There’s a new daddy on the block, and his name is Machamp.The Nintendo Switch game Pokémon Unite released its latest update last week, adding dozens of new skins for its characters.

The Federal Parliament in Belgium approved a new sexual penal code on March 17, officially making sex work legal in the country. Now the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is calling for the decriminalisation of sex work in Ireland as well. The new development in Belgium means that sex workers will be able to claim […]

Before Russia invaded Ukraine three weeks ago, Oleg used to get up early every day to walk his dogs along the wide, French-inspired boulevards of the capital, Kyiv.

The smash-hit show Abomination: a DUP Opera takes to the stage of the Abbey Theatre this Thursday, March 24 for its highly anticipated Dublin premiere. Composed by Conor Mitchell, and developed in collaboration with the Belfast Ensemble, the show garnered rave reviews and accolades in the wake of its sensational debut at the 2019 Outburst […]

ShoutOut has just announced Aifric Ní Chríodáin as the charity’s new Executive Director, following the departure of Bella FitzPatrick, who has gone on to become the Executive Director of IGLYO (the International LGBTQ+ Youth Organisation) – we wish her the very best.  Having volunteered and worked with the organisation since it began 10 years ago, […]

WESH. Though only 15, the alleged attack will be charged with felony battery charges involved in the attack, which authorities told the station was “motivated by prejudice against gay people.”Police said that surveillance footage shows the teen speaking to the victim, 16, before walking over to him and beginning his assault.The 15-year-old then climbs onto the victim while still attacking him until staff at the facility are able to pull him off.The victim told police the teen had been calling him a homophobic slur and then said the victim was “snitching” on him before he started his assault.

Red Rocket. Made by director Sean Baker (of queer cult classic Tangerine), Rex plays a washed-up adult film actor who relocates from LA to Texas, where he grooms a teenage girl as his protegé.  A post shared by Simon Rex (@simonrex415)Related: Harry and Meghan continue to thrive while the rest of the royal family circles the drainFor his incredible performance, Rex won ‘Best Male Lead’ at the Independent Spirit Awards earlier this month.Such critical acclaim has taken a while to come his way.

JAMES Argent has reportedly found love again - a year after splitting from Gemma Collins. The TV star has been losing weight and has taken up boxing, with sources saying he met his new flame at the gym.

GEMMA Collins flaunted her amazing weight loss in a monochrome suit as fans gushed about how fantastic she looks. The reality TV star, 42, oozed glamour in the flared trousers teamed with a matching wrap-around blouse.

Britney Spears is reportedly working on new music after a six-year hiatus and finally being released from her conservatorship.

pic.twitter.com/LdDLX1j8vS— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) March 18, 2022Related: Marjorie Taylor Greene makes a complete fool of herself again“I’ve been a prophetic dreamer so I had spent a lot of 2019 and 20 having a lot of political dreams that I was in office,” said Hamm. “And because our youngest son Ezekiel is a seer I went and got him and I said, ‘Hey, can you look around and see what you’re seeing?’“Because I just really, I get a kick out of hearing him describe, you know, what he sees? And then he goes into the closet – which is where I had been when I was praying – and he said, ‘Whoa,’ and his eyes got like, big as saucers.“And he kind of like started backing away, and then started bending down and he said, ‘You’ve got a really big guy in your closet, and his power is pushing me to the ground,’ and we had never had … he’d never had that reaction ever, to an angel.“And so I’m like, is he’s for us, not against us, right? ‘He’s full of light, I can’t even see his face.’ And then he said, ‘and he has a scroll in his hand.’“And so I was like, then he came with a message, what is the message, and the message was a commissioning.

After a seven-year case, the court has finally ruled that Kim Davis, former Kentucky County Clerk, can be sued by the same-sex couples to whom she refused to issue marriage licenses. It has been ruled by US District Judge David Bunning that she violated the rights of two gay couples in 2015 when she cited […]

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WCCB Charlotte it was now looking for foster carers for Fezco while he awaits adoption. Anyone interested can call (704) 986-3881.Same-sex behavior has been observed in around 1,500 different animal species, including dogs.Related: Gay penguin couple steal eggs from lesbian birds in order to become dadsSome animals, such as penguins have been observed to form long-lasting same-sex pairings and raise adopted chicks together.

Three potential HIV vaccines developed by Moderna have entered clinical trials, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has confirmed.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar has ‘voted’ for Zendaya to be her successor in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot.

Liz Truss, who is a Conservative MP and serves as both the Foreign Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, has called for an end to the “ludicrous debates” surrounding “statues and pronouns” in the UK following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

LONDON: The global Financial Stability Board (FSB) is closely scrutinising the use of cryptoassets during the war in Ukraine after concerns they could be used to evade Western sanctions on Russia.

Joe Biden announced he will request $2.6 billion for foreign assistance programs to promote "gender equality" abroad. A week before that, during his State of the Union address, he pleaded with Congress to pass the Equality Act—a piece of legislation he vowed to enshrine as law within his first 100 days in office.

A trans activist was found dead along Lake Michigan in Chicago on Thursday, March 17, after being reported missing by her family earlier in the month. Elise Malary was reported missing by her family on March 11 leading to an extensive search of the area.For 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Her body was discovered on March 17 and identified by police on Saturday, March 19. Malary worked at the Chicago Therapy Collective, a group dedicated to supporting and advocating for the transgender community. A colleague at the group, IggyLadden, said, “She’d speak out on behalf of any issue that impacted woman of color, LGBTQ folk — her heart’s so big.”In a post, the Chicago Therapy Collective said, “The outpouring of love, care, and community response reflects the deep impact of Elise’s love and advocacy on so many of us. We hope that you are taking tender care of one another.

Twitter, according to the CEO, Seth Dillon.Dillon took to his personal Twitter account on Sunday evening to explain why the page had been suspended and his reaction to the news.The page had been temporarily banned for a tweet mocking Dr. Rachel Levine, who identifies as transgender.

Brisbane-based Citipointe Christian College is once again in the news, this time for asking teachers and staff to sign employment contracts that threaten to sack them for being openly LGBTQI.LGBTQI advocacy group Just.Equal has said that school should be stripped of public funding. “Religious schools cannot continue to defy discrimination laws and public opinion, and expect to receive public funding,” Just.Equal Australia spokesperson Brian Greig said in a statement.  “There comes a limit where taxpayers should no longer be expected to fund bigotry, and Citipointe has reached that limit.” Protests Outside Citipointe Christian College (Screen Grab of Nine Entertainment video)According to The Guardian, the employment contract for teachers was dated in February, after the controversy erupted over the enrolment contract. The document says that teachers agree to work within the statement of faith of International Network of Churches that runs the school. “It is a genuine occupational requirement of the college that the employee not act in a way he knows, or ought reasonably to know, is contrary to the religious beliefs of the college,” the contract says.“Nothing in his/her deliberate conduct should be incompatible with the intrinsic character of their position, especially, but not only, in relation to the expression of human sexuality through heterosexual, monogamous relationships, expressed intimately through marriage.”In a statement, Citipointe college said that it was reviewing the employment contract. “Citipointe Christian College can confirm that no member of staff has had their employment terminated for failing to sign their employment contract,”  the school said in a statement published on its website. “One staff

Twitter to declare "Barcelona are back" following their El Clasico mauling of Real Madrid.Former Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit a double on his El Clasico debut to help inspire the Catalan club to a thumping 4-0 win over their fierce rivals. The stunning display in the Santiago Bernabeu saw Barca continue their remarkable resurgence under Xavi and keep their faint La Liga title hopes alive.The Blaugrana were languishing down in ninth place just four months ago, however, they've cut Real's runaway lead down to 12 points, while still holding a game in hand over their bitter rivals.

TOWIE star Chloe Sims and her daughter Madison posed for our gorgeous exclusive photo shoot to celebrate Mother's Day and sat down with New Magazine to open up on their close bond through the years.

Marvel and DC Comics teased their new LGBTQ+ variant covers ahead of Pride Month.

A new survey revealed that American support for the LGBTQ+ community has increased.

Kim Davis spent five days in jail in 2015 for contempt of court after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

In a new interview, Brian Kennedy has revealed that his parents wanted him to become a priest after they realised he “wasn’t like other boys”. The gay singer grew up in Belfast during the ‘70s and ‘80s, at a time when homosexuality was still criminalised. Speaking on his experience of being closeted at the time, […]