Hoping to draw attention to the death of a gay man nearly two years ago, the GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance is planning a vigil in front of San Francisco City Hall next weekend.

Meanwhile, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott told the Bay Area Reporter that he would personally like to meet with the man's parents, who have called on authorities to reopen their investigation.

Jaxon Sales, 20, died March 2, 2020 in a Rincon Hill apartment, according to a copy of the medical examiner's report obtained by the B.A.R.

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19.03.2022 / 08:23

Malaysian Government LGBT ‘Conversion’ App Removed From Google Play

An LGBTQ “conversion” app, created by the Malaysian Government, has been removed from Google Play after it was found to violate Google Play guidelines.According to the Independent, the app falsely claims to help the LGBTQ community “return to the right path.”The app also included a 146-page e-book about the “true experience of a gay man who migrated during Ramadan to abandon homosexual behaviour.”In a statement to the Guardian, Google said, “Whenever an app is flagged to us, we investigate against our Play store policies and if violations are found we take appropriate action to maintain a trusted experience for all.”According to Human Rights Watch, “successive governments in Malaysia have employed anti-LGBT rhetoric as a political tool, calling on LGBT people to ‘change’ their gender identity or sexual orientation to ‘return to the right path’ or risk retribution.”This is not the first LGBTQ conversion app removed by Google Play.

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19.03.2022 / 04:27

Shawn Mendes Soaks Up Some Sun

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19.03.2022 / 02:49

Joan Collins praised by Catherine Zeta Jones as she aims savage dig at the Kardashians

Fans were quick to comment on Joan’s post and send their well wishes.Among them was Catherine Zeta Jones. The actress wrote: “I dare you!!!!!!” Missfamenyc also said: “Yessss.”Stacey_Garvey31 penned: “The kartrashians don’t even come near your league QUEEN!”Alongside four flame emojis, Victoriasmurfit wrote: “Amen.”Joan is an actress best known for her roles as provocative female characters, most notably as manipulative seductress Alexis Carrington in soap opera Dynasty. In December, Joan spoke up about her feelings during the first COVID-19 lockdown. She explained that she felt there was nothing she could do as she addressed her weight gain over the course of the pandemic. Joan spent the first few months of the lockdown in London.Following the easing of travel restrictions, she moved house with husband Percy Gibson. She said she became frustrated with the intense restrictions, and decided to move to her home in the South of France instead.Speaking to the Daily Mail in December, the actress said: "I found London difficult because I felt like I was in jail, not knowing when I was going to get out.”She admitted that at first, she spent a "ridiculous" amount of time watching TV and added that she gained weight as a result of excessive eating and sitting down.Joan continued: "Of course I was [in tracksuits] weren’t we all?“I gained about half a stone.“I was eating as much as possible because aside from drinking bottles of wine and polishing off chocolates – what else was there to do?"

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19.03.2022 / 02:35

Alexandra Grey turns trauma into triumph in “The Life”

“The only thing I knew was that I loved to sing,” said Alexandra Grey of her first time on stage in a school production of Once on This Island. Nearly two decades later, the 31-year-old actress, known for her recurring roles on Empire and MacGyver and co-starring in two feature films currently in production, finally returns to the stage in a concert revival of The Life at New York City Center.Directed by Billy Porter and co-starring Ledisi along with a roster of Broadway’s best, Grey’s professional stage debut is overdue — a dream discarded long ago after a childhood of foster homes, abuse, and family disownment. But if there’s one thing that Grey has in common with the character of Queen, a transgender sex worker fighting to get off the streets, it’s resilience.“For so long, you know, I didn’t even have time to dream about this,” Grey told INTO by phone the day after The Life’s opening night.

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19.03.2022 / 02:09

Dan Crenshaw Says NCAA Should 'Be Ashamed' For Allowing Lia Thomas Victory

take gold at the Division I women's swimming championship.Thomas, a transwoman, who now swims for the University of Pennsylvania women's team, spent three seasons on the men's team before starting hormone treatment. Although Thomas passed all of the NCAA's rules for trans competitors, including 12 months of testosterone suppression, many are speaking out against Thomas' victory claiming it's unfair for the biological women she competes against.Thomas placed first in the 500-yard freestyle competition with a time of 4:33.24. Her victory has sparked backlash on social media.Crenshaw took to Twitter Friday posting a picture of Thomas and her fellow competitors with the caption, "NCAA should be ashamed of itself."NCAA should be ashamed of itself.

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19.03.2022 / 01:45

Biden’s New Budget Has Slowed National HIV Efforts

a bill went through last week that allocates funding for HIV testing, prevention, treatment, and research programs for areas in the U.S. most impacted by the virus.

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19.03.2022 / 01:19

Another Test for the NFL: Will Anyone Sign a Gay Player?

cut by the Las Vegas Raiders this week. He was released, according to the Raiders, for salary cap reasons.

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19.03.2022 / 00:23

Same-Sex Kiss Reportedly Cut, Then Restored in Pixar's Lightyear

Lightyear, a release from Disney’s Pixar subsidiary.The animated film, billed as an origin story for the Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear, features a female colleague of Lightyear’s, Hawthorne (pictured), who is in a romantic relationship with a woman. A source told Variety that a kiss between the couple had been cut from the film but was put back in last week following the uproar over the company’s record.“According to multiple former Pixar employees who spoke with Variety on the condition of anonymity, creatives within the studio have tried for years to incorporate LGBTQ identity into its storytelling in ways big and small, only to have those efforts consistently thwarted,” the publication reports.After the initial criticism of Disney leaders for not speaking out against the “don’t say gay” bill in Florida, where the company is a major employer, CEO Bob Chapek sent a memo to staff saying, “The biggest impact we can have in creating a more inclusive world is through the inspiring content we produce, the welcoming culture we create here, and the diverse community organizations we support, including those representing the LGBTQ+ community.”Pixar workers then said the content isn’t so inclusive.

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19.03.2022 / 00:09

Violence Against Women Act expands services to LGBTQ+ survivors

The Violence Against Women Act, reauthorized in the spending bill signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden, for the first time includes a grant program designed to aid LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Photo: iStock.

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18.03.2022 / 23:35

JK Rowling slams Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer for saying ‘trans women are women’

JK Rowling has accused Sir Keir Starmer of misrepresenting equalities law, claiming Labour can ‘no longer be counted on to defend women’s rights.’Sir Keir told The Times that ‘trans women are women’ according to statute in the UK, and called for a more ‘considered, respectful, tolerant debate’ about gender.But Rowling said he had misrepresented the law, which she said indicated ‘the Labour Party can no longer be counted on to defend women’s rights.’Sharing an article on Twitter about a Tory police and crime commissioner reportedly reprimanded for her comments on gender issues, she said: ‘I don’t think our politicians have the slightest idea how much anger is building among women from all walks of life at the attempts to threaten and intimidate them out of speaking publicly about their own rights, their own bodies and their own lives.‘Among the thousands of letters and emails I’ve received are disillusioned members of Labour, the Greens, the Lib Dems and the SNP. Women are scared, outraged and angry at the deaf ear turned to their well-founded concerns.

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18.03.2022 / 23:31

Transgender Teen Blasts Missouri State Senator for Asking About Genitalia

Senate hearing regarding proposed transgender-based legislation in multiple levels of athletics recently led to a heated back-and-forth between a senator and a trans rights advocate.Missouri Senate Bill No. 781, also known as the "Save Women's Sports Act," is the latest proposed national transgender-based legislation that would affect athletics at the middle school, high school and collegiate levels.A video posted as part of a tweet from the Human Rights Campaign showed a detailed exchange between trans rights advocate Avery Jackson, 14, and Republican State Senator Elaine Gannon.

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18.03.2022 / 23:07

About that time Andrew Garfield couldn’t stop staring at his co-stars’ crotches

In case anyone ever needed an argument in favor of making superhero costumes out of spandex–or perhaps an argument against it too–Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield has provided both.Garfield, 38, stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to discuss some of his recent acting projects, including his Oscar-nominated performance in tick…tick…BOOM! The pair also got onto the subject of his role in Spider-Man: No Way Home, in which he played opposite current Spider-Man Tom Holland and former Spider-Man Tobey Maguire.According to Garfield, before the three even shot their scenes together, Marvel Studios asked them to do a photoshoot recreating an infamous meme. The image in question shows three versions of Spider-Man pointing at one another.

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18.03.2022 / 22:43

Gay marriage still illegal in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands

The United Kingdom continued a long tradition of anti-LGBTQ action as bans on gay marriage in the UK’s territories of the Cayman Islands and Bermuda were upheld by the country’s Privy Council, the highest appeals court for many UK Caribbean territories.The Privy Council upheld existing bans on marriage equality in both the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, citing the fact that same-sex nuptials are explicitly banned under their respective, independent constitutions.According to PinkNews, both the Cayman Islands and Bermuda have legalized — and subsequently re-criminalized — gay marriage.In the Cayman Islands, gay marriage was temporarily legalized in March 2019 after a lesbian couple sued to have their marriage recognized by the government. But authorities appealed the lower court’s decision, resulting in a reversal – although the appeals court said that the government had to provide “legal status equivalent to marriage” for same-sex couples.The couple then appealed to the Privy Council, which sided with the appeals court in upholding the ban.In Bermuda, the government legalized gay marriage in May 2017 in response to an ongoing legal battle, but the government later recriminalized the practice in 2018 before once again legalizing it that same year.

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18.03.2022 / 22:43

Trans Oklahomans sue over birth certificates

Two transgender men and one trans woman have sued the state of Oklahoma over its efforts to block them from amending the gender on their birth certificates.The lawsuit, filed in federal court by Lambda Legal on behalf of Tulsa residents Rowan Fowler, Allister Hall, and a Creek County resident who chose to remain anonymous, using the initials C.R., alleges that the three faced intentional discrimination “on the basis of [their] transgender status” when they were barred from changing the gender marker on their birth certificate to align with their gender identity.The lawsuit names Republican Governor Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma Commissioner of Health Keith Reed, and registrar of vital records Kelly Baker as defendants in the lawsuit.The prohibition on amending gender markers was imposed by Stitt after he issued an executive order banning the practice. Stitt issued the order in response to outrage from his fellow Republicans after the state’s Department of Health complied with a judge’s order and approved an amended birth certificate with a nonbinary gender marker.The original plaintiff in the case leading to that decision, Kit Lorelied, had sued after being denied the right to have their correct gender reflected on their birth certificate, as trans and nonbinary individuals are currently able to do in 17 states and the District of Columbia.Stitt has since urged the state legislature to ban “nonbinary gender markers” on vital documents — a proposal that is currently being considered by the state’s senate.

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18.03.2022 / 22:05

Cop Pulls Gun on Grindr Hookup Who Allegedly Tried to Blackmail Him

Miami New Times reports. He says he did so after the man stole his wallet."I was a victim and I have nothing to hide but I cannot comment on an open investigation," Reyes told the outlet.

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18.03.2022 / 21:57

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18.03.2022 / 21:51

Biden Officials Meet With Florida LGBTQ+ Youth to Assure Support

Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, met virtually with Florida LGBTQ+ students and their families Thursday and assured the participants of the Biden administration’s support amid the passage of the state’s “don’t say gay” bill and other attacks on the community.“The department and the Biden-Harris administration stands with LGBTQI+ students and families in Florida and across the country. Laws around the country, including in Florida, have targeted and sought to bully some of our most vulnerable students and families, and create division in our schools,” Cardona said, according to a Department of Education press release.

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18.03.2022 / 21:45

Emma Weyant 'Robbed' by Lia Thomas, Florida GOP Vice Chair Tells Supporters

Weyant acknowledged Thomas' win by shaking her hand in the water. While conservatives argue that transgender women's physical differences give them an unfair advantage in sports competitions, LGBTQ supporters say measures keeping them from participating in sports hurt all women.Thomas, who competes for the University of Pennsylvania, made history Thursday by becoming the first transgender NCAA champion in Division I.

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18.03.2022 / 21:39

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18.03.2022 / 21:27

Are Matt Bomer and Bradley Cooper about to become a couple?

Matt Bomer, known for his roles in The Boys in the Band and Papi Chulo, may have found his new on-screen love interest: Bradley Cooper.Deadline reports that Bomer has entered talks to star opposite Cooper and actress Carey Mulligan in Maestro, a biopic of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein. Details about his role remain mum, though we suspect that he would likely play the role of Tom Cothran, Bernstein’s longtime boyfriend.

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18.03.2022 / 21:27

‘Real Housewives’ star Luann reportedly kicked out of gay bar after telling patrons “f–k you”

Luann de Lesseps of Real Housewives of New York fame was reportedly given the boot after hogging the mic at gay piano bar Townhouse in Manhattan.A source told Page Six she “monopolized the piano, but that isn’t how it works; you sing [one song] and move on.” Luann, who performs her own show called “Countess Cabaret,” had other plans, yelling at patrons before eventually being shown the exit.Witnesses said de Lesseps appeared intoxicated as she tried to get the pianist to play her original songs.“Luann thought she was doing her act. She tried to sing [her song] ‘Money Can’t Buy You Class,’ but they didn’t know it.

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18.03.2022 / 21:27

WATCH: A college freshman stumbles into a weird world of sex, webcams and murder

queer horror to scare off the last vestiges of winter, pay attention: the new gay horror film Exploited has arrived.Exploited follows the story of Brian (Jordan Ver Hoeve), a college freshman dealing with his budding sexuality. Upon arriving at school, he discovers a flash drive with scores of hidden videos of an attractive webcam model.

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18.03.2022 / 21:23

Charli XCX: All seven albums from True Romance to Crash ranked

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18.03.2022 / 21:23

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18.03.2022 / 21:01

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18.03.2022 / 21:01

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18.03.2022 / 21:01

A letter from Ukraine

A couple of weeks ago, I posted here on our blog a letter I received from “an ordinary Russian gay guy.” Today, I am following up with this letter sent to our office from Oleksii Humeniuk, “Ukrainian, Volunteer, Father.” I will let Oleksii speak for himself:

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18.03.2022 / 20:53

LGBTQ advocates call for stamp honoring Bayard Rustin

posthumously pardoned Rustin, on the grounds that the anti-sodomy statutes he was convicted under have since been overturned and ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.“It is critical that we honor Bayard Rustin’s work in the Civil Rights movement,” Johns said in a statement.

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18.03.2022 / 20:41

Luann de Lesseps Denies Report She Was Kicked Out of a Gay Bar for Being Drunk: ‘I Was Feeling All Jovani’

Don’t be all, like, uncool. Luann de Lesseps denied a report that she was kicked out of a gay bar for drunken antics — and she thinks bar patrons should mind their own business.

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18.03.2022 / 20:35

SAG-AFTRA Supports Passage Of CROWN Act To Prevent Hair Discrimination

SAG-AFTRA is praising the passage Friday of the CROWN Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act, HR 2116, would prohibit discrimination in education and employment based on a person’s texture or style of hair. Several states, including California and New York, already have such laws.

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18.03.2022 / 20:25

Lia Thomas Makes History as First Trans NCAA Division I Champ

ESPN reports.Thomas has won Ivy League swimming championships this season — her first on the women’s team — and had NCAA season-best times in two freestyle events at the Zippy Invitational in Ohio in December. Her success in the sport has fueled criticism by those who object to trans women competing alongside cisgender women, although the reality is that there is no widespread dominance of sports by trans women and girls.Indeed, Thomas’s time in the freestyle final “was the fastest of the NCAA season, but well off the NCAA record of 4:24.06, held by 10-time Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky,” CNN notes.There were protests and counterprotests Thursday outside the Georgia Institute of Technology’s McAuley Aquatic Center, where the events were taking place.

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18.03.2022 / 20:23

Gabrielle Union Criticizes Disney Over Reaction to 'Don't Say Gay' Bill

Disney over its reaction to Florida's controversial new bill that will prevent teachers from discussing LGBTQ+ issues with students up to third grade.Called the "Don't Say Gay" bill by critics, the Parental Rights in Education bill was passed by Florida's House of Representatives on February 24, before being passed by the Republican-controlled state Senate this month.Disney CEO Bob Chapek, who has faced criticism from employees for not publicly condemning the legislation, last week stated that he would be meeting with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and LGBTQ+ leaders at Disney to discuss the bill.Union revealed her continued dissatisfaction with Disney's reaction while attending Wednesday's premiere of Disney+' Cheaper by the Dozen, in which she co-stars with Zach Braff.The actress told Variety: "Somebody asked me, 'Are you disappointed?' I'm disappointed when my order isn't right at [burger restaurant] In-N-Out. I don't even think that's a word that you could use for something like this, where children's lives are literally hanging in the balance."We need to own that if you truly are taking stands against hate and oppression, you should not fund hate and oppression.

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18.03.2022 / 20:23

Lia Thomas Competing Means Others 'Don't Have a Chance,' Swimmer Says

less enthused.In a brief interview after the competition Thursday, Virginia Tech swimmer Rose Pouch said that it's "a common conception that we are all very disappointed and frustrated" about Thomas's participation."It's heartbreaking to see someone who went through puberty as a male and has the body of a male be able to absolutely blow away the competition.

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18.03.2022 / 20:17

Russian airstrike kills “courageous” LGBTQ+ activist Elvira Schemur in Ukraine

Elvira Schemur, a prominent LGBTQ+ activist in Ukraine, was killed by a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv earlier this month.

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18.03.2022 / 20:17

Lil Nas X says second album is “close to finished” and teases four new songs

Lil Nas X has returned from his social media hiatus with clips of four new tracks and news that his second album is almost ready.

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18.03.2022 / 20:03

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18.03.2022 / 19:23

Tucker Carlson flips out about being called a Russian propagandist: “That is slander!”

Fox News personality Tucker Carlson on Thursday accused a Texas congressman of making slanderous remarks about Carlson’s show, Tucker Carlson Tonight.Carlson said that Re. Michael McCaul (R-TX) “has told a number of people that this show is an organ of Russian disinformation.”“In other words,” Carlson continued, “not only are we wrong—which is fine—we are disloyal Americans.

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18.03.2022 / 19:11

Transgender Youths Become a Political Issue in Texas

To the Editor: Re “Texas Court Halts Inquiries Over Transgender Children” (news article, March 12): Thousands of parents — liberal, conservative and everything in between — face tough decisions when a child declares that he or she is transgender, particularly when that child showed no sign of gender dysphoria in his or her early years. Unfortunately, this issue, like so many in our country, has been politicized. The edict by Gov.

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18.03.2022 / 18:51