Gemma Collins says her mum met an alien on the train and 'spoke to it telepathically'

Josiah Carter, a former Below Deck cast member, revealed that he and his boyfriend Michael Groves recently got engaged.

Prince Harry highlighted the importance of knowing your HIV status this National HIV Testing Week in a discussion about tackling stigma.

Monique Jenkinson, aka Fauxnique, was the first cisgender woman to win the Miss Trannyshack title in 2003, raising many glittered eyebrows in consternation and launching a performance career that has taken her around the globe. In a kiki of sorts with Out in the Bay, she shares live performance clips from her show "The F Word;" reads from her memoir, "Faux Queen: A Life in Drag;" and spills tea about where drag and feminism meet and about words that are "now Problematic with a capital P. Or rather, a capital T."

#Toulouse https://t.co/CM7hXHNRQQOnly the gestation mother appeared on the child's civil status.Since the transgender partner was not recognised as the father, her partner had to adopt her own biological daughter, as the adoptive mother.The couple took legal action and in 2018, a court of appeal in Montpellier ordered that the transgender mother could be mentioned on the child's birth certificate as the "biological parent".But in 2020, France's highest Court of Cassation referred the case to the Toulouse court of appeal.Yesterday's decision recognises the husband, who had become a woman, on the child's birth certificate as the mother - essentially ruling that two maternal filiations could be approved.Since 2016, French law has authorised gender reassignment without sexual reassignment that has allowed distinct legal and biological realities to coexist.But the legislation, according to the Court of Appeal, "leaves an undeniable legal vacuum" due to the lack of a provision relating to the filiation of children born after the change of gender in civil status, even though gestational motherhood is no longer exclusive.The court considered that was in the best interests of the children - and their personal privacy - to make it imperative that children born to a couple in which one of its members is transgender, can have a double affiliation established with respect to both parents.Daily newsletterReceive essential international news every morningKeep up to date with international news by downloading the RFI app

My 600lb Life's first-ever transgender star Destinee Lashaee has died at the age of 30.The death of the reality star was confirmed by her brother Wayne Compton on Facebook as he shared several photos of his sibling before penning a heartbreaking tribute. "I accept you for who you are, I accept every flaw that come with you, I’m sorry you felt alone, I’m sorry you felt you had nobody else to turn too," he began the post.

Lemon has shared what she would have worn on the Drag Race UK vs the World runway had she still been in the competition.

My 600lb Life's first transgender star Destinee Lashaee has died aged 30.The TV star is thought to have taken her own life and has left her heartbroken family behind, who have confirmed the news on social media.Destinee was the TLC reality show's first transgender star and appeared on the show in 2019.Throughout her time on the show, she opened up about her struggle with weight and her ongoing battle with depression.Her brother Wayne wrote alongside a picture of them both: "I accept you for who you are, I accept every flaw that come with you, I’m sorry you felt alone, I’m sorry you felt you had nobody else to turn to."He added: "I’m sorry you felt you had no other option Destiny wouldn’t of wanted this, lord why keep taking my siblings away, how much can I take."Other tributes also poured in for the TV star, with friends and fans swarming to social media to share their condolences.This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest TV updates.TV & Showbiz reporters are working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.You can also follow us on Twitter @DailyStar, or follow us on Instagram @dailystar to get the latest TV and celeb gossip 24 hours a day.Or like our Daily Star Showbiz Facebook page to get the day's biggest stories, and have your say on them.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star showbiz newsletters?You can do this on this page by simply entering your email address above and hitting 'subscribe'.Download the Daily Star app for flash alerts on the biggest stories of the day, so you don't miss out.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star news bulletins? You can do this on

SINGAPORE: A man was cheated of S$34,000 by a person posing as an employee at a reputable cryptocurrency company.

Schindler's List plays. His costume seemed to be made of barbed wire, fire, and smoke.  Brown, who is Jewish, had previously spoken about the performance."This music has meant so much to me since growing up, for my entire life," he said in an interview about the piece that was choreographed by David Wilson.

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Jerry Windle had wanted to be a father for as long as he could remember — and then he heard about a little boy who needed a forever home.

Recent research may indicate that humans are more sensitive to body odor than our evolutionary ancestors were. Is this good news? It could be for Phillip Miner, a nightlife promoter who holds a party called “Pheromone” for armpit fetishists (the next will be held Feb. 10).

Roughly four months after he sparked outrage over a number of queer-themed jokes in his Netflix special The Closer, comedian Dave Chappelle is once again on the receiving end of intense, online criticism. His comedy has nothing to do with it this time.On Tuesday, the town council of Yellow Springs, Ohio — where Chappelle resides — voted down its own plan to construct affordable housing on a 53-acre lot.

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Piers Morgan has weighed into the row over Adele’s ‘anti-trans’ comments following Tuesday night’s gender-neutral BRIT awards. The TV Presenter and former journalist, defended the singer who has came under fire for comments she made after she won Artist of the Year award at the BRIT Awards.

With only one member opposed, the San Francisco Unified School District board voted Tuesday night to create a parent advisory council for queer and trans families. It's the third school district in California to do so.

Bicycling over the Golden Gate Bridge on weekends from her Marin County home to check in on Equator Coffee's latest San Francisco location, Helen M. Russell marvels each time she sees the neon signage for the company she co-founded.

BART reopened restrooms at its Powell Street Station in downtown San Francisco February 2. The restrooms at all of BART's underground stations have been closed since shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.

The Bay Area Reporter is launching a reader survey that is part of News is Out: A Queer Media Collaborative supported by the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge. As the paper reported last November, the B.A.R.

There are a lot of unanswered questions in the March 2, 2020 death of Jaxon Sales, 20, a gay Oakland resident whose body was found in a San Francisco apartment. Jaxon's parents, Angie and Jim Sales, report that they were subjected to discriminatory comments about their late son and they question whether the San Francisco Police Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner completed thorough investigations. The medical examiner's report lists Jaxon Sales' cause of death as acute mixed drug intoxication, including gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, cocaine, and methamphetamine. The manner of death is listed as an accident. The report also says Jaxon Sales suffered from asthma, and the toxicology report shows he took ephedrine, an asthma medication, although this was not listed among the drugs to which his death was attributed.

The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District and other South of Market groups have announced the return of the popular SOMA Second Saturdays starting February 12, from noon to 5 p.m.

After years of delays and negotiations to see that it was affordable, the Bay Area Reporter's April 16, 2015 issue had good news for LGBTQ seniors: work was finally beginning on a below-market-rate apartment complex at 55 Laguna Street. The project, 40 residential units on the site of a former teachers' college, was overseen by Openhouse, a nonprofit that provides services to LGBTQ seniors, and Mercy Housing California.

Remembering Kim CorsaroThe LGBTQ community lost a stalwart champion for diversity and inclusiveness in the recent passing of Kim Corsaro, co-founder and editor of Coming Up! (renamed San Francisco Bay Times). Her commitment to represent all the community in all its diversity established a gold standard for what our community media should strive for.I was fortunate to work with Corsaro during the early 1980s as a contributing writer to Coming Up! She was remarkable for the standards she set and the encouragement she gave to new writers.

Lia Thomas is a swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a transgender woman. The latter statement is currently jeopardizing the former.

No matter who is elected to San Francisco's 17th Assembly District seat, they will work to ban the use of conversion therapy on adults and end unnecessary surgeries on intersex children should the two controversial legislative proposals be revived again in the state Legislature.They are among the LGBTQ priorities backed by the quartet of candidates running in the special February 15 election for the vacant Assembly seat. The four, three of whom are straight, aim to succeed fellow Democrat David Chiu, who resigned in November when he became San Francisco's first Asian American city attorney.Gay former District 9 supervisor David Campos and District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney are seen as the two most likely to advance to the April 19 runoff election.

Recent news of Adele’s Caesars Palace cancelation has sparked gossip and disappointment among her biggest fans. Many allege the “Easy on Me” singer canceled her Las Vegas residency to focus on her relationship with boyfriend Rich Paul. Inside sources recently claimed, “She and Rich had been fighting, and their relationship was volatile before she canceled her dates.”Related: The Adele-Vegas drama just took a very wacky, very gay turnAdele has since come forward to squash those rumors, saying the cancelation was due to logistical delays and COVID-19 exposures among the crew.

Jeopardy! history, is quitting her day job.Schneider, a software engineering manager living in Oakland, Calif., announced her move Tuesday via Twitter."Some of you may have heard, but I quite my day job!" she wrote. "It's a big nerve-wracking to pivot from software engineer to ...

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Any gay guy who says he hasn’t had at least one awkward run in with someone he’s flirted with online is either, A. not online, or B.

Mark Dreyfus said this morning it had been a “shocking process” to get the religious discrimination bill through the house. “This parliament , if invited to work on a bipartisan process can produce legislation in contentious areas that serves to unite our country and not further divide it,” he told ABC radio.Dreyfus is confident the senate will support further changes, such as adding an anti-vilification provision, and removing the bill’s ability to override state legislation.

The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins left the newest Weakest Link host Romesh Ranganathan speechless on the latest celebrity episode. GC, 40, left Romesh, 43, searching for answers when she failed to know the how many beds were in a twin hotel room.

GEMMA Collins looks slimmer than ever in a rare snap with her stepson as she enjoyed a festive night out with boyfriend Rami Hawash. The former The Only Way Is Essex star posed for a family snap at Lapland UK on Monday night as she cosied up to Rami, 45, and his young son Tristan, three.

GEMMA Collins looks thinner than ever in a rare snap with her stepson as she stepped out for a festive night out with her boyfriend Rami Hawash. The former The Only Way Is Essex star posed for a family snap at Lapland UK on Monday night as she cosied up to Rami, 45, and his young son Tristan, three.

GEMMA Collins left new Weakest Link host Romesh Ranganathan speechless - but not knowing what twin beds are. The reality star could not tell him how many beds were in a twin hotel room because she "only stays in penthouses".

GEMMA Collins looked slimmer than ever in black leggings as she got into the festive spirit and went ice skating at Lapland UK. The former The Only Way Is Essex star showed off her impressive 3 and a half stone weight loss as she rode a penguin on ice.

Gemma Collins looked incredible as she showed off her tremendous weight loss in an all black outfit during a festive family trip to Lapland UK.The 40-year-old TOWIE star looked stunning as she posed with a radiant smile - displaying her three and a half stone weight loss in the warm and festive look. Gemma donned a black top with huge frills on the shoulders, which she teamed with skin-tight trousers featuring slits at the bottom.Looking very luxe on the ice, the star accessorised the outfit with an impressive Chanel bag and could be seen cosying up to her nephew and godson during a family day out.

Gemma Collins has paid an honest and emotional tribute to her boyfriend’s ex wife. The The Only Way is Essex star, 40, who recently said she's 'the most successful' woman to come from the Essex-based reality show, was speaking on her podcast about how 2021 had panned out.

GEMMA Collins has paid tribute to her boyfriend Rami Hawash's ex wife and revealed their strong bond. The Towie diva dumped her former co-star James 'Arg' Argent for good in 2020 and fell back into the arms of an old flame, handsome businessman Rami.

Christmas, plenty will be looking forward to a different event altogether.For Pagans and various other cultures, the Winter Solstice on December 21 - which marks one of Earth’s poles reaching its maximum tilt away from the sun - is a huge event in the calendar.From gathering the family together for a celebration to heading over to Stonehenge for its annual festival, there are plenty of ways to mark the occasion for all sorts of different cultures.But in celebration of all things witchy, we decided to delve into the celebrities you likely didn’t know had ties to the occult - from the Katona family to Canadian hitmaker Avril Lavigne.According to several sources, Canadian punk-pop superstar Avril Lavigne has openly declared her religion as

Soul singer Mica Paris has opened up on her time on the MasterChef Christmas special this time around after reaching the semi-final last year.The star admitted it was less stressful in the kitchen this year with the theme of Christmas and she made some friends along the way. Speaking to OK!, Mica revealed: "I had never met Gemma Collins before, but she’s flipping hilarious.

The Only Way Is Essex superstar Gemma Collins has been on staple to British TV for a decade, first appearing on TOWIE in 2011. Since leaving the ITV show, GC, 40, has gone on to appear in a string of reality TV shows – and she's now claimed to be the "most successful" woman to ever appear on TOWIE.

TOWIE star Gemma Collins has compared her current 'knight in shining armour' Rami and ex James Argent - by using terms to describe steak.The 40-year-old star says beau Rami Hawash is 'the fillet steak' while former boyfriend James Argent is 'sirloin' after his epic 11stone weight loss.The media personality had an on-off romance for three years with Rami until 2014 before the pair reunited last December. She says finding her fairytale ending was "worth the wait" while speaking to The Sun."I got the fillet steak at the end of the day hun.

Jesy Nelson's 'Boyz' had the most turbulent launch of any new pop music in 2021 - and it's not over yet.Pranksters have naughtily amended the Wikipedia entry for the single, which reached number four on the UK singles chart in October.Among the list of random celebrities named as songwriters on the track's Wikipedia were reality TV star Gemma Collins; EastEnders icons Natalie Cassidy; Linda Henry and Pam St Clement; Hollyoaks star Denise Welch and Loose Women's Coleen Nolan.Even more bizarre names listed include The Woman From the Halifax Advert; Ghislaine Maxwell; Lea from Big Brother 7; US rapper Cupcakke; X Factor auditionees Abby and Lisa - AKA AbLisa - and Jackie Travers from Big Brother 14.At the time of writing, the page has been

IT'S hard to imagine a time in TV land before Gemma Collins. The GC - as she is affectionately known - first appeared on our screens back in 2011 when she joined The Only Way is Essex.

Gemma Collins has branded her boyfriend Rami Hawash the "fillet steak" as she opened up on their relationship.The 41 year old, who recently recruited Amy Childs as her "pregnancy guru" in her quest to have a child, and her other half previously dated on and off for three years back in 2014 before parting ways. However, the pair found themselves in each other's arms once again in 2020 after her relationship with James 'Arg' Argent broke down.

Jeremy Clarkson. That’s the conclusion of a mission to find the nation’s greatest irritations.

AFTER suffering several very public break-ups, Gemma Collins has found her fairytale ending at last. The Towie diva dumped her former co-star James “Arg” Argent for good in 2020 and fell back into the arms of an old flame, handsome businessman Rami Hawash.