Gay Man Bashed In South Africa

We share a commitment to fighting for the lived equality of all LGBTQ Texans, and attending an event like Love Equality is an impactful way to support and celebrate the vibrancy of queer Texans. Love Equality is back in-person on Saturday, May 14, from 8-11 p.m., at 7 for Parties, 150 Turtle Creek Blvd., #107. Come enjoy a glittering night of good food, tasty cocktails, great company and, for the first time ever, a magnificent celebration of Ballroom culture, performed by members of the local Gulf Coast Kiki Ballroom Community and raise money for Equality Texas at the same time.

fatally shooting a newlywed couple in Utah last year.Adam Pinkusiewicz, 45, is suspected of fatally shooting Kylen Schulte, 24, and Crystal Beck Turner, 38, according to a news release. Their bodies were found on August 18, 2021, in the La Sal Mountains of Grand County, Utah.

Former Rangers boss Dick Advocaat has told his old Ibrox protege Gio van Bronckhorst to grasp Europa League glory and the lasting Champions League legacy it promises.

Los Angeles Times reports.The candidate, Jordan Henry, “asked for emails on social justice learning standards and lessons, restorative justice and antibias education,” according to the Times. One email, between Tiber and a curriculum adviser, was posted on social media, leading to criticism of the teacher and contentious school board meetings.“Today I talked to my class about LGBTQ pride month and played 2 short videos from youtube that were geared toward kids,” Tiber wrote in the email last June, when she was teaching online via Zoom.

Wilson Chapman editorA new horror film about the terrors of conversion therapy is coming to Peacock. “They/Them,” a horror film produced by venerable production studio Blumhouse and starring Kevin Bacon, will be hitting the streamer Aug. 5.Bacon stars in the film as Owen Whistler, the director of a conversion therapy camp named Whistler Camp, which attempts to “turn” LGBTQ+ teenagers straight and cisgender.

Gay San Diego Assemblymember Chris Ward has revealed he has COVID and is self-isolating at home this week to protect his family, staff, and others from also contracting the virus. It is believed he is the first member of the Legislative LGBTQ Caucus to publicly disclose he has tested positive for COVID since the pandemic began in early 2020.Ward, a Democrat now in the second year of his freshman term, and his husband have two children. In a series of tweets early Wednesday evening Ward announced the news."Last weekend, I began experiencing a high fever, strong cough and a sore throat. After testing negative twice, I eventually tested positive for COVID," wrote Ward, who is expected to easily win reelection in November to his Assembly District 78 seat. "I'm at home recovering and staying isolated to protect my family and prevent further spread of the virus."

If you slept on Apple TV+’s Physical last year, it’s time to get caught up because season two is coming soon and this time, Murray Bartlett is glistening.The series stars Rose Byrne as Sheila Rubin, a home fitness pioneer in 1980s San Diego.Season two picks up just after she’s launched her debut video, “Bodies by Sheila,” and carved a space for herself in the fitness industry.

The Advocate, “Conversations have to be had one on one. Going forward, I’m going to continue to have these conversations.”Marchandt, who is gender-expansive and has a trans partner and a 19-year-old queer son, is currently estranged from his family of origin.

Dallas Hope Charities is taking on homelessness in the LGBTQ youth populations in the DFW Metroplex by providing the city’s only LGBTQ-focused Homeless Youth Transitional Living Center and extension program, meal assistance, and the Collective Hope Coalition, an initiative aimed at eliminating suicide among LGBTQ community in the Dallas area. Brian and Colman sit down with Board Chair, Roscoe Compton-Kelly, to take on the national crisis.

ABOVE: He knows full well.

facing a sexual harassment scandal.The Democrat from Tallahassee has been accused of sexual harassment by a former Florida A&M University employee. He wrote on Twitter that he made the decision “after thoughtful consideration and personal self-reflection.”"Words will never fully describe how truly grateful I have been over these many years to represent and fight for my community in the Florida Legislature," he wrote.

There are only five days until Madison Cawthorn‘s primary election, and it seems the entire Republican establishment (not to mention his primary opponents) want nothing more than to make his first term in Congress his last.And it could shape up to be an interesting five days, as there’s no indication the drip-drip release of politically damaging material has run dry.

How do you stand in the pulpit and look a congregation in the eye after they caught you f*cking in the church?I’ll tell you how.A few summers ago I interned at a little church in Brooklyn. I lived in the church itself, on the second floor, in a room in which Sufjan Stevens had lived, the Beastie Boys had stayed, and Tracy Morgan had filmed. It felt portentous.

Fisher Allen Rinderknecht, openly LGBTQ founder and CEO of Flight Reach Productions in Granbury, has been named the 2022 Dallas/Fort Worth Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Zander Moricz says he’s always had a good relationship with the principal at Pine View School. But when the Florida high school student sat down with the administrator two weeks ago, the tone of the conversation shook him.The principal, Stephen Covert, wanted to deter the senior class president from discussing his activism in a graduation speech, and for the teen to stay away from an ongoing lawsuit challenging Florida’s “don’t say gay” law, Moricz tells The Advocate.“It was so shocking, as I know that I believe that as a human being, Dr.

arrested (twice) in Hilo, Hawaii back in March for disorderly conduct and harassment, following an incident in a bar where the Flash star allegedly became agitated with patrons who were singing karaoke, then later lunged at another man playing darts.In bodycam footage obtained by TMZ, Miller is seen being detained by police. Miller tells the officers that they were assaulted in the bar twice, and so they began filming the incidents. Miller offered to show the police the footage as proof.

“Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life” has a somewhat sensationalist appeal: It’s a documentary about the rise and fall of the eponymous Israeli gay porn superstar. But the director, Tomer Heymann, finds idiosyncratic insights within typical narrative beats about fame and power — two mercurial things that, for the film and Agassi himself, don’t exist in a vacuum. Heymann situates the notion of celebrity in the context of not just performance and gay culture but also familial intimacy, with striking detail.

LGBTQ+ lawmakers in 19 states have committed to introducing legislation protecting Trans youth and their families, thereby creating a “rainbow wall” of refuge. These states offer refuge to those who have had to flee their home states because of repressive anti-Trans laws coming into effect. The formation of this rainbow wall comes in response to […]

draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade  recently leaked from the U.S Supreme Court is actually issued.

Queer As Folk show for Peacock has given a lengthy interview to the Hollywood Reporter about bringing the iconic series back to life. He also gives a glimpse of what we can expect.Dunn says his storyline for the show, which will be set in New Orleans, was partly inspired by the Pulse nightclub tragedy.After the success of Dunn’s movie, Closet Monster, at Sundance in 2015, he began talking with producers about the possibility of bringing back Queer As Folk.However, the rights for the US version had reverted from Showtime to QAF’s original creator, British writer Russell T Davies (It’s A Sin). Dunn flew to the UK to pitch his ideas to Davies.“I knew what it was going to be about,” says Dunn.

Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life, the documentary’s titular subject, clad in leather pants and a gladiator helmet, takes the stage at HustlaBall Berlin to accept one of the gay porn industry’s highest honors in front of a cheering crowd. Afterward, he texts his mother, “Mom, I’m the best actor in the porn world.”The high doesn’t last. The camera returns to the HustlaBall another year to capture the reality of how some of the world’s most beautiful men project an illusion.

I’M HAUNTED BY my own recklessness as I pull on a base layer and a flannel in the slowly illuminating dark. It’s dawn on a blustery January morning in Williams, Ariz., and after I cut the tags off my hiking pack, I load it up with microspikes, trail maps, a compass and a first-aid kit — like a guy who knows what he’s doing. Passing, that is.

When a popular podcast host in Indonesia invited two men onto his show who were married to each other, they had a polite on-air conversation about gay life and identity. But in a Muslim-majority nation where gay rights are under threat, the show provoked an intense backlash from conservative fans and religious authorities.

Before Johnny Sibilly was an out-and-proud star of game-changing LGBTQ+ shows like “Pose,” “Hacks,” and the “Queer as Folk” reboot, he was an actor in a class, trying to find his voice and place in the entertainment industry.

The annual pink triangle installation atop San Francisco's Twin Peaks is going to be a little different this year, and volunteers are being sought to help out.While the pink triangle is planned to be on display the entirety of June for Pride Month and will be lighted at nighttime as was the case last year, its daytime presence is being changed, Patrick Carney, co-founder of the project, stated in an email.Instead of the pink tarps that have traditionally been used, Carney stated that this year there will be more than a mile of bright shiny pink streamers that will be hung in rows below each of the 43 rows of LED light strands, as well as hung on the three sides of the triangle. "The pink streamers won't be flat on the ground, they will be up in the air," Carney stated.

CALIFORNIA PRIMARY ELECTIONU.S. Senate:Alex PadillaFor the following state races, click here.Governor:Gavin NewsomLt. Governor:Eleni KounalakisSecretary of State:Shirley WeberAttorney General:Rob BontaController:Ron GalperinTreasurer:Fiona MaInsurance Commissioner:Marc LevineState Sup. Public Instruction:Tony ThurmondBoard of EqualizationDist.

We are fortunate in the Bay Area to have a solid Democratic congressional delegation. That trend looks to continue even as the 15th Congressional District will select a new representative to succeed the retiring Jackie Speier, who ably represented parts of San Mateo County and San Francisco during her nearly 15 years in office. This primary election will also give voters the first opportunity to weigh in on California's new junior senator, Alex Padilla, the former secretary of state whom Governor Gavin Newsom appointed last year after Kamala Harris became vice president.Below are our recommendations for Congress in the June 7 primary.U.S. Senate: Alex PadillaAlex Padilla is running for a full six-year term.

$44 billion buyout of Twitter goes through, he’ll bring back Trump. According to The New York Times, Musk called the decision to ban Mr. Trump “morally wrong and flat-out stupid.” He said individual posts to Twitter could be hidden and that individuals could still be temporarily suspended “if they say something that is illegal or otherwise just, you know, destructive to the world.” But he said that “permanent bans just fundamentally undermine trust in Twitter.”Does anyone see the irony in Musk referring to Trump’s ban as “morally wrong and flat-out stupid?” Trump was removed because his tweets were morally wrong and flat-out stupid.  And this is a perfect example of an old axiom that couldn’t be truer in this situation: “Two wrongs don’t make a right.”The far right will rejoice to the heavens once its fearless leader returns to his former nest and tweets deafeningly with vulgarity.

After reposting a tweet falsely accusing gay San Francisco health advocate Gary McCoy of murdering 1,500 people at the Tenderloin Linkage Center, writer and personal finance guru Erica Sandberg now finds herself the defendant in a $1.9 million libel lawsuit.The lawsuit, filed May 9 at San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that Sandberg, who has appeared on air as a personal finance expert at San Francisco-based KRON-4 and is a regular contributor to U.S. News and World Report, retweeted April 18 the meme about McCoy, vice president of policy and public affairs at HealthRIGHT 360, a California-based health conglomerate.

leaked Supreme Court opinion indicating the court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide while allowing states to place some restrictions on the procedure later in pregnancy.“The Democratic legislation, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), would go beyond codifying Roe v.

leaked Supreme Court opinion indicating the court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide while allowing states to place some restrictions on the procedure later in pregnancy.“The Democratic legislation, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), would go beyond codifying Roe v.

TMZ that Dick, 56, had been arrested for felony sexual battery after a man said the comedian had sexually assaulted him at O’Neill Regional Park in California.The victim was taken to the hospital, according to local TV station KABC.In the video of the arrest on Captain Content’s RV live stream, viewers can see several Orange County police officers speak with Dick, then cuffing him and taking him to their vehicles. Authorities also collected the man’s pants from Dick’s RV for evidence.TMZ reports that Dick lives with a group of live streamers residing in the park.  Last month, Dick was seen on a live stream when a man he was with pulled out a gun while arguing with someone. That broadcast caught on video a welfare check from police, who checked on Dick.

Kelly Clarkson may have had an emotional Mother's Day weekend but she's now got reason to celebrate as she has been nominated for two MTV Movie and TV Awards.EXCLUSIVE: Country music star Brett Eldredge addresses Kelly Clarkson dating rumorsThe singer turned talk show host is up for Best Talk/Topical Show for her daytime Kelly Clarkson Show as well as Best Host.WATCH: Kelly Clarkson to perform Dolly Parton tribute at 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards The news comes after Kelly shared that her nanny made the singer "almost cry" when she gifted the mom-of-two with the "gift of time"."I’m a single mom, right? So I’m either at work or with kids,” Kelly told Extra. "So my nanny — I literally almost cried — like, she walked into the kitchen and was like, ‘Hey, for Mother’s Day, I’m going to give you the gift of time and you can just do whatever you want.’ I almost broke down.

Late Night With Seth Meyers — and talked about his Mother’s Day visit with the family of a trans youth.“Can you tell us what it is like for a family like that to basically be almost criminalized for being a loving parent?” Meyers asked, referring to Abbott’s order that parents who allow their trans children access to gender-affirming care be investigated for child abuse. The order is currently blocked by a court while a lawsuit against it is heard.“I’ve met families like the Briggles all over the state of Texas, and these parents are the most loving parents you’ll find anywhere,” said O’Rourke, who spent Mother’s Day with Amber and Adam Briggle of Denton and their trans son, Max, and daughter, Lulu.

Good thing I didn’t have to rely on my sewing skills for this. #byugraduation #byu #lgbtq

Middle school students in Pennsylvania are rallying behind a teacher who was reportedly fired for providing them with a hotline for LGBTQ+ youth.Students at Doylestown’s Lenape Middle School gathered in protest on Tuesday, demanding the school reinstate social studies teacher Andrew Burgess. Burgess was abruptly fired last Friday after he reportedly gave a bullied transgendered student the hotline number.“It was kind of like a slap in the face to everyone that would go to him and stuff for, because I would consistently go to him for when I was being bullied and harassed within our school,” one of the student demonstrators told Channel 9.“It was simply a hotline number, just in case the person needed help,” said another.Another protester told the station that Burgess is “one of the biggest allies of this school,” and that he “supports all students in every way, and a lot of people go to him.”Related: This Florida student is saying gay all over the place and school officials are freaking outAn online petition to get Burgess his job back has received over 3,700 signatures at the time of this post.“Mr.

ABOVE: Mouthy cunt mouths off to Patti LuPone.

Florida this week. Formerly known as the Harvey Milk Festival in honor of the late iconic politician, the festival runs May 10-12 at various venues in the city’s Rosemary District.

It’s not every day that we see a South African, queer, dystopian-sci-fi novel hitting bookstore shelves. The fact that it’s also a gripping, poignant and timely book is further cause for celebration.

pic.twitter.com/bMIGWPDJLp— Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) May 10, 2022Sen. Susan Collins called 9-1-1 over the weekend after she felt threatened when someone wrote an abortion rights message on the sidewalk in front of her house.The scary message read “Susie, please, Mainers want WHPA —> vote yes, clean up your mess” and was written in red, white, and blue sidewalk chalk outside of the Republican senator’s home in Maine.Per CNN:The Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), which Collins voted against sending to the Senate floor in February, would codify the right to abortion into law nationwide and ban restrictions on abortion access.The Senate is expected to vote to advance a version of the bill on Wednesday, a move that is likely to fail amid Republican opposition.

Tennessee burst into the room of a 16-year-old transgender girl while she was live streaming on Twitch.In a video of the stream later posted to YouTube, police can be seen in the background forcing open the door which had been blocked by a chair. Wynn, who posts under the name VioWynn, tells viewers she had been coerced into online schooling because she refused to use the boys’ restroom before the stream abruptly ends.“Okay well now there’s an officer in here, just trying to join the stream,” Wynn says as the police forced open the blocked door.“Are you winning?” one of the officers asks when Wynn continues to play Minecraft.“Okay, I don’t know if you guys heard that,” Wynn responds, giggling at the officer’s question.

The relocated petroglyphs at BLM Indian Rocks Area Many of the former park’s petroglyphs are no longer there. The freeway rest stop that once drew thousands of visitors to view them is gone, too. The park closed in 1983, and the boulders were relocated five miles away to protect them from carelessness and outright vandalism.

Update on 5/10/22 at 9:12 p.m.: Seminole County Public Schools decided on Tuesday, May 10, to not cover the images but to instead add a sticker to the page noting the protest was not a school-sanctioned event, which would bring the yearbook into compliance with the district's policies, a spokesperson from the school district told The Advocate in an email. The original article is below.Students at Lyman High School in Longwood, Fla., learned this week that there would be a delay in receiving their yearbooks — not due to a printing or shipping issue, but because some of the images in them were deemed “out of compliance with [school] board policy.”The photos in question were of the school’s students protesting the state’s “don’t say gay” law back in March before it was passed, reports local NBC affiliate WESH.The censors are planning to put stickers over photos of students holding a “Love Is Love” sign and rainbow flags during the walk-out protest.A message from the school’s principal, Michael Hunter, explained that the event wasn’t sponsored or endorsed by the school. “Earlier today I announced that the distribution of the Lyman Yearbook would be delayed.

Former-Home-Shopping-Network-sales-gal-turned-U.S.-congresswoman Marsha Blackburn is trending on Twitter this morning after she went on Newsmax to call for women’s rights activists peacefully protesting the Supreme Court potentially overturning Roe v. Wade to be jailed.Related: Master of communication Marsha Blackburn once again has folks wondering “is she really that dumb?”“They should haul all these people down to police headquarters, they should book them,” Blackburn said while speaking about the who people that gathered outside Justice Alito’s house last night to sip wine, nibble cheese, and protest women’s rights being stripped away.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and features a vocal cameo by Rosie O’Donnell. According to Spotify, the series ​​”is a fresh, modern interpretation of the beloved Jane Austen classic. In the series, Bennet, a 30-something non-committal gay man, struggles to find belonging when his chosen family suddenly begins coupling up and settling down.”“ is a joyful and hilarious story about love and chosen family.

Disney is understood to have rebuffed a request from Saudi Arabian authorities to cut "LGBTQ references" from the latest film in the Marvel franchise.Before 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 'can be shown in cinemas in the ultraconservative Kingdom, a scene of "barely 12 seconds" would need to be excised, the country's head of film classification Nawaf al-Sabhan told AFP.The scene in question sees lesbian superheroine America Chavez refer to her "two moms". "It's just LGBTQ references," Al-Sabhan said.

DALEVILLE, Ala. — About 25 minutes north of the Florida border, near the mouth of a U.S. Army post and not much else, sits a simple brick home with wood paneling, open windows and a silver pickup truck out front.

It was an emotional night at the Pride of Manchester awards as a galaxy of stars led the tributes to our city's inspirational community heroes. Elbow star Guy Garvey summed up just how special the night was as he told the audience: "I've never been prouder to be a Mancunian than I am tonight" after hearing the incredible stories of triumph over adversity and community spirit.