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For the first time, the rainbow flag has been flown on Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years.

Talented Irish artist Niamh Barry is re-launching her No Queer Apologies exhibition at the new Hen’s Teeth studio on Mill Street today, May 26. The exhibition will remain open to the public until May 28 and it has also been made into a beautiful photobook. The original exhibition of No Queer Apologies happened in February […]

Oh, bother!In case you haven’t heard, lowkey gay icon Winnie the Pooh is being reimagined as a hangry murderous bear in a violent R-rated horror movie.A.A. Milne’s beloved “Winnie the Pooh” stories hit the public domain five months ago and the twisted brilliant mind of director Rhys Waterfield has already reimagined the Hundred Acre Wood as a bloody killing field.Happy Bambi and Winnie the Pooh Entering the Public Domain Day, they’re gay now and there’s nothing Disney can do about it.

A post shared by Antoni Porowski (@antoni)Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski is to flex his acting muscles in a forthcoming Netflix, four-part drama.Porowski has a small role in one episode of Królowa (which translates as ‘Queen’ or ‘The Queen’), which has been made for Netflix Poland (but can be watched internationally).The show stars Andrzej Seweryn as a successful Parisien tailor and drag queen. After receiving a letter from an 18-year-old granddaughter he didn’t know he had, and despite vowing never to return, he goes back to the mining town in Poland where he grew up to reconnect with his daughter.Porowski appears as one of Seweryn’s assistants in Paris.Porowski, who was born in Canada, has Polish parents and was raised speaking Polish in his Montreal childhood home.Related: Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski slams Poland’s “absurd” LGBTQ crackdownIn 2020, Porowski spoke out against a crackdown on LGBTQ rights in Poland, saying, “If Poland wants to be part of the EU, then they have to behave accordingly.

Casting queer actors in queer roles in Fire Island added “so much” authenticity to the film, according to James Scully.

You may know Cox for her role in the Emmy-nominated television series Orange Is the New Black. More importantly, Laverne Cox is making history as the model and inspiration for the first-ever transgender Barbie doll. The release from the American toy company, Mattel, comes just in time for the upcoming Pride season. The beautiful Barbie doll […]

San Francisco Mayor London Breed will include a $3 million increase for HIV services in her two-year budget she is set to release June 1. The funding request has the support of the city's two gay members of the Board of Supervisors, which will make its own adjustments to the budget before adopting it by July 1.The mayor's funding proposal is far short, however, of the $10.5 million in new city funding that a coalition of HIV advocates and service providers is seeking as part of its HIV Community Budget Proposal.

The number of people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual has doubled in the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Into the Woods will transfer to Broadway for an eight-week limited engagement beginning June 28, with much of the original cast returning, including Grammy winner Sara Bareilles. The musical joins the ranks of the Tony-nominated revival of Company, featuring Patti LuPone.Bareilles will be joined by Brian D’Arcy James as the Baker, Tony Award winner Patina Miller ( as the Witch, Phillipa Soo as Cinderella, Tony Award winner Gavin Creel as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, Joshua Henry as Rapunzel’s Prince, Ta’Nika Gibson as Lucinda, Annie Golden as Cinderella’s Mother/Grandmother/Giant’s Wife, Albert Guerzon as Cinderella’s Father, Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda, Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White, David Patrick Kelly as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Julia Lester as Little Red Riding Hood, Cole Thompson as Jack, David Turner as the Steward, Jason Forbach, Mary Kate Moore, and Cameron Johnson.

Office for National Statistics says that the number of young people (aged 16-24) who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual has almost doubled in just four years. It’s risen from 4.1% in 2016 to 8% in 2020.The figures come from an analysis of the country’s large-scale Annual Population Survey, which surveys around 320,000 households annually.Breaking down that 8% figure, 2.7% of 16-24 year-olds identified as gay or lesbian, and 5.3% as bisexual.Looking more broadly at all age groups, the proportion of all adults identifying as LGB stood at 3.1% in 2020.

La Concha Renaissance San Juan Resort, it’s after midnight and a pool party is being serenaded by a live DJ. The beat reverberates through the lobby. It ripples through the floor.

Bratz is recognizing its queer fans, and celebrating self-expression, self-love, and the LGBTQ+ community by releasing the first-ever set of fashion dolls sold as a same-sex couple!The all-new Pride collection is inspired by beloved Bratz characters and girlfriends Roxxi and Nevra, who came out as a couple for Pride 2020. Roxxi came out as a lesbian, and Nevra came out as bisexual in a post made on Bratz social media.

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A gang violently stamped on two men near an Oldham tram stop in a vile homophobic attack. Police said a group of men started hurling homophobic abuse at the victims as they approached the Oldham Central Metrolink stop on Saturday evening (May 21).

This June, Waterford will see its first Pride march in over a decade as part of the Pride of the Déise festival. Taking place this June bank holiday weekend, the four-day festival promises an event-packed lineup with music, film, workshops, and cabaret – what more could you ask for?! “For years, many of us had […]

In a video shared on Twitter by blogger and activist Hemant Mehta, Shelley addresses the Arlington City Council, where a meeting was being held about acknowledging Pride month, telling them that he's "horrified and ashamed" that the city decided to "promote and solicit Pride." Amid loud boos, Shelley continues, saying there's nothing to celebrate about Pride, and that in fact "it's an abomination" according to the Bible."According to God we should hate Pride, not celebrate it," Shelley said as the audience got louder. "I don't understand why we celebrate what used to be a crime not long ago.

Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has said Sir Alex Ferguson "went crazy" on the day Fergie Time came back to haunt Manchester United.The concept of Fergie Time came about after the Red Devils scored several last-gasp goals during Sir Alex's reign. Opposition fans accused officials of giving extra added-time when United were losing to give them more opportunities to score.However, six additional minutes was the last thing Sir Alex wanted when they were humiliated by neighbours Man City with a 6-1 hammering at Old Trafford in October 2011, as Clattenberg detailed while speaking exclusively at the launch of Ladbrokes' 5-A-Side Bet on the Champions League Final.He said: "Sir Alex used to always complain about timing. That was his thing.

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. — Robert Reeves, 78, spends most days lounging by the pool, taking in the low-desert sun with his friends and neighbors. The four of them talk about what’s new — recovery from a recent corrective foot surgery, some chronic inflammation issues — and record videos for social media, where they’ve amassed millions of followers as the Old Gays.

Laverne Cox has become the first transgender person to have a Barbie doll modelled after them, something she said is “a dream” come true.

Love Island, there’s a new kid on the block. He’s here, he’s definitely queer, and he’s called I Kissed A Boy.Commissioned by BBC Three, the new dating show will take 10 single men abroad, coupling them up before putting them through their paces in various challenges.

EX-EASTENDERS' Cheryl Fergison shared a very happy and smiley snap with her son Alex behind the scenes of his latest play. Actress Cheryl recently revealed Alex's dad disowned him when he came out as gay as a 16-year-old.

Electronic Arts (EA) has shared that the company will not make a public statement defending abortion or transgender rights, claiming that “being an inclusive company means being inclusive of all […] points of view.”During an internal company-wide town hall meeting on Tuesday (May 24), Kotaku has reported that “many” employees at EA repeatedly asked company leadership to make public statements to defend abortion rights and transgender rights.However, according to a transcript of the meeting, chief people officer Mala Singh told employees that EA will only make public statements that “actually have a positive impact.”“These things are hard and they’re personal and we all have our own perspectives and sometimes we won’t speak, and that will be upsetting and I understand that, we really do,” added Singh, who said that EA considers “multiple perspectives and then decide what’s in the best interest of EA and the various communities of stakeholders we have, including our people, our players, our fans and stakeholders, [and] our shareholders.”Addressing recent mass shootings in America and a potential overturning of Roe v. Wade, Sing said “one of the other things you’re going to see is we’re going to be making some more healing circles available through modern health.”It’s unclear what these healing circles entail, but EA’s corporate communications director Lacey Haines said “we’re not going to comment further on the Global Town Hall, as that is a company confidential forum.”“That said, we work to create an environment where our employees can talk about complex issues in our world today.

violently jumped after being asked why he was ‘wearing a girl’s jacket’ and called a ‘f**king f*g’.The 22-year-old suffered a bleed on the brain and needed surgery after being attacked in Manchester in the early hours of April 10.He was left with three smashed teeth and broken bones in his nose, cheek and around his eye socket.Morgan – a support worker for adults with learning difficulties – moved to Manchester from the small market town of Retford, Nottinghamshire, for work more than a year ago.His family previously revealed he made the switch because he felt he would be less likely to experience homophobia in a larger city with a thriving LGBT+ scene.Parents Paul and Dawn Fevre rushed from their hometown to be by his side at Salford Royal as he fought for his life.Morgan is now out of hospital and continuing his recovery but the search for his attackers goes on.Greater Manchester Police have released images taken from CCTV following the incident in Charlotte Street at about 1.35am.Detectives say they want to speak to the man and woman visible in the footage.Detective Constable Lucy Hatton said: ‘This was an unprovoked attack in the street that the victim can remember very little about.‘Morgan was punched in the head and then fell to the floor, and spent 10 days in hospital being treated for head and face injuries.‘He has now been discharged from hospital but is still suffering from the after-effects of the incident.’Last month, his father revealed his son had no memory of the attack but recalled receiving homophobic abuse and negative comments about his sequin jacket before it happened.He said: ‘Morgan would go into town on his own and make new friends while he was out, he’s that kind of chap.‘But now, I went to see

Laverne Cox has made history as Mattel's first-ever transgender Barbie, just days ahead of her 50th birthday on Sunday.Following the exciting announcement, the 49-year-old performer could barely contain her excitement as she raved about a doll being made in her lifelessness.'I can't wait for fans to find my doll on shelves and have the opportunity to add a Barbie doll modeled after a transgender person to their collection,' she said in a statement, obtained by Page Six.

Kristen Stewart dished at the current Cannes Film Festival about the movie she has been planning to direct since 2018.The 32-year-old rose to a new level of professional pedigree this year when she landed a shock Oscar nomination for playing Princess Diana in Spencer.Now she has expressed hopes that her feature directorial debut is in the near future, telling IndieWire: 'If I don't make this movie before the end of the year, I'll die.' Walking the red carpet:Kristen Stewart dished at the current Cannes Film Festival about the movie she has been planning to direct since 2018; she is pictured at Cannes this TuesdayKristen has been giving interviews over the past four years about the prospect of her directing a movie ofLidia Yuknavitch's memoir The Chronology Of Water.Published in 2017, the autobiography details Lidia's attraction to both men and women, as well as her struggles with addiction. Kristen, who has herself dated both men and women, wants a skeleton crew of just five members and to shoot at the seaside in Oregon on a flexible timetable.Her preferences have apparently contributed to a touch of difficulty in securing full financing, potentially complicating Kristen's plan to make the film this year.

supports HTML5 videoTay claims she then heard the staff member talking about her with another customer – discussing Tay’s gender identity and saying she ‘lied about being disabled’. The couple went to complain to a different staff member who called someone else.

Why is budget makeup still failing ethnically diverse people?9 breathing exercises that help you cope with anxietyRemember when Glossier leaked a discount code? Here's another oneI hope that more companies and brands will start using their influence to positively represent underrepresented communities — and that they will do so in a committed, involved and meaningful way.We still have a long way to go in terms of trans rights, and in raising awareness of queer families in general. Pregnant trans men are a part of reality, whether some people on social media like it or not.

Prince William tweeted that he hoped it would give other people the confidence to be open about their own sexuality. Yesterday, the 17-year-old Blackpool forward became the first male professional footballer in England to come out as gay in 32 years, in an interview with Sky.He made his senior debut for the club last month and decided it was the right time to speak publicly about his orientation. ‘Now is the right time to do it.

London artist and activist Dominique Holmes, it is inscribed with the words protest, visibility, unity, and equality – Pride in London’s key values.The coin won’t enter general circulation, but will be available to buy in a range of metals this summer.It comes weeks before Pride month, a time dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ communities across the world.It is held in June as this was the month the Stonewall riots erupted in New York, triggering the rise of LGBTQ+ rights movement across the world.Asad Shaykh, director of marketing and communications at Pride in London, said it was ‘a privilege to visit The Royal Mint and see our coin being made’.‘It humbles me greatly that the words that I coined for the brand … will be on an actual coin, opposite the Queen’, he said.‘This queer brown immigrant has come a long way, powered by hope, love and this city.’Clare Maclennan, director of commemorative coin at The Royal Mint, named the 50th anniversary of Pride UK ‘a milestone celebration’.She said: ‘This is the first ever UK coin dedicated to Britain’s LGBTQ+ community, with colour printing technology capturing the spirit of Pride UK with its iconic rainbow colours.‘It was an honour to host representatives from Pride in London at The Royal Mint recently to strike their own coins as part of the launch and discuss with them our commitment to diversity and inclusion within the business and show how we are reinventing for the future.’Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.For more stories like this, check our news page.Not convinced? Find out more »

Ricky Gervais can't be a trans ally while he continually makes lazy 'jokes' about usRicky Gervais vows he supports trans rights after packing Netflix special with cruel jokesChurch of Scotland will allow same-sex marriages for first timePride month is in June because this is when the Stonewall riots erupted in New York, triggering the rise of LGBTQ+ rights movement across the world.In a similar sign of solidarity, the Royal Mint has unveiled a rainbow-coloured 50p coin.

Ricky Gervais is on the defensive after mocking trans women in his edge-lord stand-up special SuperNature, referring to them as “the new women” and “the ones with beards and c*cks.” He went on to joke about a hypothetical trans woman raping cis women.Last year was the most lethal year on record for trans people, with the HRC reporting some 57 violent killings of trans and gender non-conforming people. Rhetoric like Gervais’ that reduces trans women to sexually violent caricatures based solely around their genitals contributes to the culture that leads to these violent killings, but on a recent interview on The One Show with Alex Jones, Gervais asserted that his dangerous rhetoric was all just comedy.“That’s when I say something I don’t really mean, for comic effect.

couple is facing criticism for refusing to let the groom's dad bring his husband because they want the wedding to be "non-ideological."Writing for the popular Reddit forum r/AmITheA**hole, stylized AITA, u/Stuckinthebone earned over 4,500 upvotes and 600 comments for his post, "AITA for telling my son to cancel his wedding?"The original poster (OP) said that he's a 49-year-old gay man, though when he was in the 20s, he was in the closet. When he was 24, he slept with a woman and got her pregnant, and they had a son, now 25.

Selena Gomez is changing her look! The 29-year-old singer who recently revealed some details about her new album, has surprised her fans on TikTok, after posting a video with long straight hair and blunt bangs.The Hollywood star immediately started trending on social media, with online users loving the new look and posting about her hair evolution, complimenting her bangs throught the years in 2008, 2016 and 2022.Selena Gomez in straight hair with bangs;2008//2016//2022 pic.twitter.com/ELe5KqE7WQ“Straight hair selena is my favourite selena, she looks so gorgeous omg,” one person wrote on Twitter,” while someone else commented “Selena Gomez with long straight hair is always a serve.”In the video Selena can be seen with lighter sleek brown hair, in comparison to her recent dark bob, which looked perfectly styled during her recent visit to the White House last week, where she teamed up with First Lady Jill Biden to participate in the Youth Mental Health Action Forum.Fans are also sharing theories about her new era on social media, as she is getting ready to release new music and she is even thinking about touring, however with the premiere of season two of the popular Hulu show ‘Only Murders in The Building,’ It’s still unclear if she is teasing a new era with her look or just changing her hair temporarely.

have threatened lawsuits against schools for investigating children who refused to use the preferred pronouns of a classmate. The state has also seen lawsuits about bathroom access of transgender students.

convicted by a jury in December of receiving and possessing child porn. Judge Timothy Brooks imposed the sentence Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville, Ark., the Associated Press reports.Prosecutors sought the maximum sentence of 20 years, saying in a court filing that Duggar has a “deep-seated, pervasive and violent sexual interest in children.” Duggar’s lawyers had asked for a five-year sentence.

And unbelievably, the mayor of Uvalde insulted Beto for this — he was madder at Beto than at the killer!

Via Mr. Man:

If you are a preteen who was raped by your father or a transgender boy who was raped by a transphobe, and you are being forced to carry your pregnancy to term despite the tremendous anguish you will go through, what recourse do you have? Who do you trust to turn to when you feel like the criminal instead of the victim? You are a pawn for activist judges from the 19th century who claim to be "pro-life" but care nothing about your life. You are scum to them, while if their children become pregnant as a result of rape, they are secretly afforded the best care in the world.If you are in school and have two moms or two dads, and you must keep it a secret, who can you talk to about your loving parents? Will you be arrested because you accidentally let slip that your two moms took you to the carnival? Who can you trust? No one, because one politician is making you feel illegitimate and not normal all because he wants to be president.

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Real Time With Bill Maher, it feels like 1993 all over again, although this time it’s different and even more frightening.On last Friday’s Real Time With Bill Maher, Maher said the number of youth identifying as LGBTQ+ is rising because it's “trendy,” while he spewed other harmful, homophobic and transphobic rhetoric. Maher continued his vitriolic commentary by taking several more potshots at LGBTQ+ youth, including claims that society was “experimenting” on children through the use of puberty blockers and genital surgery as a means to perpetuate culture wars.

May 20, 1961 — April 30, 2022Robert Dean Reiter died April 30, 2022. Service will be at Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Avenue, in Oakland on Saturday, May 28, at 11 a.m., followed by a reception at the Bancroft Hotel in Berkeley.

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.

The Queer Chorus of San Francisco performed during the city's observance of Harvey Milk Day Sunday, May 22, in Jane Warner Plaza in the LGBTQ Castro neighborhood. Other groups that participated included Rise Up 4 Abortion, in which people donned costumes from "The Handmaid's Tale" to protest in support of reproductive rights.

May 14, 1974 — May 3, 2022Gerry "Mary" Manzo passed on May 3, 2022, surrounded by friends and family after a valiant fight with cancer.For a number of years, Gerry was a popular bartender at the SF Eagle and The Hole in the Wall bars. More recently, he harnessed his great passion for the outdoors to create enchanting outdoor spaces around the San Francisco Bay Area.Gerry was an enthusiastic, frequent explorer of wilderness areas, mountain forests, beaches, lakes, and rivers. The more time he spent outdoors, the happier he was.

Appalled at SF Pride decision on policeI am totally appalled at the disrespect of the San Francisco Pride committee board banning our dedicated police and fire teams from the parade ["LGBTQ first responders won't march in SF Pride parade," online, May 23]. These are the people on the streets every day protecting us, caring for us. This, and other decisions, like voting down security cameras from the Castro (which SF Pride was not involved with) help precipitate the condition of San Francisco — once the great city to live in and welcome visitors and now a disgrace and embarrassment to say the least.

The National AIDS Memorial Grove has announced that panel-making workshops will be held over the next couple of weeks ahead of the historic AIDS Memorial Quilt display set for San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in June.The AIDS grove, which took over stewardship of the quilt in 2019, stated that the free workshops will be held June 1 and 8, from 3 to 6 p.m., at its offices at 543 Castro Street in San Francisco.As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, a massive display of the quilt is set for June 11-12 in Robin Williams Meadow, with some panels being displayed in the AIDS grove, which is also located in Golden Gate Park. The San Francisco installation will include 350 blocks of the quilt, which contain almost 3,000 panels, according to Kevin Herglotz, a gay man who is chief operating officer for the grove.

Eleven bills related to LGBTQ rights survived votes in their house of origin this month in the California Legislature. They run the gamut from bolstering health care services for LGBTQ individuals to protections for LGBTQ youth.One bill, however, failed to advance out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee by the deadline to do so last week.

Irish diplomats came out to the Castro earlier this month to mark the opening of a new exhibit exploring the history and influence of the LGBTQ Irish diaspora.The traveling exhibit, "Out In The World," shows the importance of, and sheds light on, the untold history of Ireland's queer diaspora and queer Irish people's impact on the world. The exhibit, at the GLBT Historical Society Museum in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro District, explores six themes of the diaspora: exclusion, community, love, defiance, solidarity, and return.