‘Girlfriend’ takes queer love back to the ’90s — with a happy ending

LGBTQ Nation Celebrity who Made Us Proud nominees are teen pop sensation JoJo Siwa, who became one-half of the first same-sex pairing in 30 seasons of Dancing With the Stars; reality television host RuPaul, who used his platform to speak out for LGBTQ rights and became the Black entertainer to win the most Emmys ever; actor Elliot Page, who brought transgender inclusion to both Hollywood and state legislatures; comedian and actor Joel Kim Booster, who put gay Asian Americans front and center with his movie Fire Island; and actor Ariana DeBose, the first queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar after she wowed the world with her performance in West Side Story.The nominees for LGBTQ Nation‘s 2022 Celebrity who Made Us Proud have us shouting: “Hooray for Hollywood!” Vote now for LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Celebrity who Made Us Proud.JoJo SiwaAt 10, little JoJo Siwa with the big ponytail Dance Mom’d her way into America’s hearts.At 18, she melted them by coming out on Insta with a family member’s support: her t-shirt read “Best. Gay.

Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider and her partner, Genevieve Davis, have gotten married.Schneider — the top-winning woman and top transgender contestant on the show — and Davis married May 9, but they just announced it Tuesday on social media. “Genevieve Davis and Amy Schneider are delighted to announce that on Monday, May 9, we were married in a small private ceremony at the Alameda County Recorder,” they said in a Facebook statement that they also sent to The Advocate. “We will be having a traditional wedding next summer, but our lives have been much too busy this year to get very far in planning it, and we couldn’t wait that long to proclaim our love and commitment to each other.” Alameda County is in Northern California and includes Oakland, where Schneider has lived for several years.They shared wedding pictures on Twitter.

Ustwo Games’ new 3D platformer Desta: The Memories Between is full of queerness, repressed memories, and balls getting thrown around.

UPDATE: In light of Harris’ new ‘Dad’ range of sweaters and sweatpants, what better time to revisit the (possible) inspiration?  A post shared by Neil Patrick Harris (@nph) Everyone knows it’s currently grey sweatpants season, and a photo of Neil Patrick Harris in a designer pair has met with approval on Instagram.Harris actually took to the platform to lament missing out on an annual tradition for his family. In recent years, the actor has narrated Disney World’s Candlelight Processional.

(CNN) – As Hurricane Ian made landfall in western Cuba early Tuesday morning, Floridians were keeping an anxious eye on the rapidly intensifying storm. That included the operators of Florida’s popular theme parks.Here’s a status report of where things stand as of 11 a.m.

Yeshiva University’s Pride Alliance offered to delay its efforts to gain university recognition on Wednesday, Sept. 21, after the school suspended all student activities rather than recognize the LGBTQ group.On Sept.

"Who’s up to no good?" That’s the question that users will receive when attempting to input data into a new database that will allow them to search for companies that support causes such as insurrectionists, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-choice, and anti-voting rights movements. The tool is particularly useful for those who want to see what companies who show their Pride in June do the rest of the year.As part of the Accountable for Equality Action, a watchdog organization that monitors organizations’ activities to measure corporate allyship and corporate donations, the Real Allies Database maintains information that tracks donations to extremist politicians.

The National AIDS Memorial has released the seventh film in its oral history project with their latest mini-documentary, The Black Community & AIDS.The film carries us through stories from nearly two dozen survivors as hey share their hopes and struggles around the HIV epidemic with a focus on the disproportionate impact on the Black community.The 17-minute film was produced by Jörg Fockele. Chevron, who’s been a long-standing partner of the National AIDS Memorial, is the presenting partner and provided major funding for the program over the last five years.Huma Abbasi, General Manager of the Health & Medical department at Chevorn, said in a press release, “Our long-time support for this program is part of our commitment to sharing the very human experiences that have shaped four decades of the AIDS epidemic.

A drag performer in Idaho is suing the blogger he says falsely accused him of exposing his genitals at the Pride in the Park event in Coeur d’Alene.Eric Posey, whose drag name is Mona Liza Million, performed June 11 at Pride in the Park. Right-wing Idaho blogger Summer Bushnell posted altered video of his appearance, blurring his groin “to make it appear as if he exposed himself,” says a press release from Stoel Rives, the law firm representing Posey.The edited video attracted 20,000 views on social media. People who’d seen it — none of whom had been at the event — contacted local police and urged them to investigate.

The queer community was shocked this week by the suddenly passing of beloved UK drag queen Cherry Valentine, and few moreso than her close Drag Race UK sister Tayce.The Queerpiphany star publicly shared in mourning and celebrating Valentine’s life on the day of her passing, posting moment after captured moment of the two hanging out and performing together. Now, she’s performing on her own, but clearly with her friend still in her heart.Tayce used the closing number of the final show in the her recent country-wide “Assassination Tour” to honor the late queen and their time together.She performed a rendition of “Memory” from Cats, the song that the pair emotionally lipsynced to against one another on Drag Race UK.The performance is enrapturing:such a beautiful tribute, cherry would love it pic.twitter.com/kgM2OAdPhT— molls ☂︎ (@doIIastore) September 26, 2022Related: Drag Race queen Kornbread reveals cancer diagnosisThis is just the latest in a line of heartfelt tributes to the late performer.After the sudden news of her passing on Sunday, fellow queens and admirers across the world shared their condolences and memories of her.At a loss for words.

Emmerdale star Michelle Hardwick has called in extra security at her countryside mansion following a string of homophobic death threats.Michelle, who plays Vanessa Woodfield in the ITV soap, opened up about the horrific abuse earlier this year that took aim at her sexuality and left her fearing for her safety. The star admitted she had to call in police to ensure her and her wife, Emmerdale producer Kate Brooks and their two-year-old son, Edward, felt safe, in their own home.

A drag performer in Idaho is suing the blogger he says falsely accused him of exposing his genitals at the Pride in the Park event in Coeur d’Alene.Eric Posey, whose drag name is Mona Liza Million, performed June 11 at Pride in the Park. Right-wing Idaho blogger Summer Bushnell posted altered video of his appearance, blurring his groin “to make it appear as if he exposed himself,” says a press release from Stoel Rives, the law firm representing Posey.The edited video attracted 20,000 views on social media. People who’d seen it — none of whom had been at the event — contacted local police and urged them to investigate.

The most common myths around HPV debunked by doctorsWhere to get Kate Middleton's red coat - from her Holyhead visitCan triggering the Hero Instinct really make someone fall in love with you?Now, aged 19, I’m unsure what the future looks like, but I’m having a lot of fun and taking it one day at a time.I’m doing an exciting apprenticeship this summer, then heading to university to study Fashion and Merchandising, both of which are cool new adventures for me.One thing I am sure of is that, though one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, the greatest treasure for me has been being able to be accepted for who I truly am – second-hand high heels and all.Do you have a story you’d like to share? Get in touch by emailing jess.austin@metro.co.uk. Share your views in the comments below. MORE : Canada’s Drag Race swiftly delete tweet declaring ‘crown is up for grabs’ amid Queen’s health concerns MORE : Transgender model walks the New York Fashion Week runway at just 10 years old MORE : Life as a transgender woman with dementia: ‘LGBT people face particular challenges’

Khloe Kardashian after a picture taken of the  actor and the star at the Dolce & Gabbana show in Milan went viral.  Morrone's rep said in a statement to, that the actor and the Good American founder simply just posed for a photo. «Dolce & Gabbana asked them to take a photo at the show,» Morrone's rep told the publication.

Kellyanne Conway‘s righteous indignation is off the charts, and nobody seems to be buying her latest outburst.The former Trump adviser has been hitting the campaign trail in an attempt to rally up enthusiasm among Republican midterm voters. On Monday night, she appeared on Fox News and attacked Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman for displaying a marijuana flag outside the State Capitol.Related: Donald Trump’s big plan to stall the DOJ comes back to slap him hard across the faceFetterman is currently the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate against Trump-endorsed Republican Dr.

Pete Buttigieg‘s recent takedown of Ron DeSantis reminded viewers that the Transportation Secretary can speak intelligently on many more issues than just our chaotic airline industry (though he can certainly do that, too).“Brilliant” was a common word in the thousands of comments on the DeSantis clip, and now one member of Team Pete has taken the opportunity to show just how articulate and insightful he’s always been.Related: Buttigieg roasts Rubio for calling same-sex marriage bill a “waste of time”Twitter user @chyeaok dug up a clip from Buttigieg’s freshman year in college, and it’s a far cry from most teenage discourse…or at least what we can remember of ours.During a 2001 forum on George W. Bush’s first hundred days in office at Harvard’s Institute of Politics, then 19-year-old Buttigieg stepped up to the mic to address a panel that included former White House Communications Director David Gergen and New York Times political correspondent Richard Berke.“Hi.

— Mean Girls star Daniel Franzese, who recently competed on RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race, talking to People about Darren Aronofsky’s controversial film The Whale, in which Brendan Fraser dons a “fat suit” to play a reclusive gay teacher.

Friday’s theatrical release of Bros, “the first gay rom-com ever made by a major studio.” But luckily, gay cinema is filled with other rom-coms that paved the way.While even gay rom-coms uphold problematic notions of heteronormative monogamy and physical attractiveness, these films were also a welcome break from the gloomy narratives about homophobia and HIV that marked the start of gay mainstream cinema. They also gave gay viewers a chance to laugh at the community’s quirks while also seeing themselves falling happily in love.Frightened by the HIV epidemic, Jeffrey completely swears off sex.

When Melissa Etheridge came out as a lesbian in 1993, she was just a few months shy of releasing her fourth album, Yes I Am. With singles like “Come To My Window” and “I’m The Only One,” Yes I Am became her mainstream breakthrough, going six-times Platinum and earning her a handful of Grammy nods.In other words, Etheridge was one of the most prominent, out LGBTQ celebrities at the time.

Big Mouth writer and sparkling Black queer personality Brandon Kyle Goodman has a trove of stories to tell. Thankfully, he’s got just the way with words to tell them.His new memoir You Gotta Be You: How to Embrace This Messy Life and Step Into Who You Really Are is as aptly titled as it is thoroughly subtitled. Through stories of being a queer child to a born-again Christian mother and a Black nonbinary person in America, Goodman both drives home the importance of being yourself and provides the tools to do so.It reads like a one-man show in parts — we can thank the Tisch theatricality for that — and ends up an accessible, engaging, read.

Glenn Youngkin's proposed changes to how schools treat transgender students can receive an excused absence under state law.Youngkin, a Republican, is facing backlash from LGBTQ advocates for proposing an overhaul to rules in Virginia schools pertaining to the treatment of LGBTQ students, reversing protections previously passed under former Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, in 2020.His proposed changes would affect transgender students' abilities to use the bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity and require schools to receive parental approval before using a transgender student's changed name or pronouns. He has found himself at odds with many voters over the policy in Virginia, a state that—despite his victory in 2021—has trended Democratic in recent years.Thousands of students from nearly 100 Virginia schools planned to protest the changes on Tuesday by staging walk-outs.

Netflix has removed the “LGBTQ” tag from its series about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer after many online commenters objected.Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story dramatizes the tale of the Milwaukee man who murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. He dismembered many of them and may have cannibalized their body parts.

Glenn Youngkin's reversal of transgender protections and his new LGBTQ school policies.During Tuesday's press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that although she hasn't read the reports of the mass walkout, President Joe Biden continues to support the LGBTQ community and is "always proud to speak out against the mistreatment of that community.""He believes transgender youth should be allowed to be able to go to school freely, to be able to express themselves freely, to be able to have the protections that they need to be who they are," Jean-Pierre told reporters.Students at nearly 100 middle and high schools walked out on Tuesday after Youngkin released guidelines earlier this month that would require students to use restrooms, pronouns and names based on their official school record—unless there is a parental sign-off—and would limit student-athletes from only playing on sports teams of their biological sex.Youngkin, who replaced former Democratic Governor Ralph Northam in 2021, largely won on a platform that championed parents' rights and argued that parents should have greater input on their children's education.Despite the pushback that his policies have faced from students across Virginia, Youngkin has insisted that public schools follow the new guidelines and defended the revisions as benefitting parents in the state."Parents should be absolutely at the center of this discussion with their children, who they have known since before they were born," the governor told WJLA-TV on Monday. "And I think this is for the child's best interest for the family's best interest.

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A teacher who taught in Maryland for years has settled a discrimination lawsuit, claiming she was subjected to “pervasive and severe” verbal and physical assaults because of her transgender identity.As a teacher in Prince George’s County between 2008 and 2017, Jennifer Eller claimed that teachers, administrators, and parents perpetuated a culture of discrimination and harassment toward transgender people, DCist reports.The parties reached a settlement between the Prince George’s County School Board and the federal government, under which the board agreed to adopt policies and procedures aimed at protecting transgender people from harassment. The settlement also included monetary compensation.Lambda Legal, representing Eller, celebrated the settlement in a press release.“Public schools should be safe havens where we prepare the leaders of tomorrow and where all are welcome regardless of background or identity.

California Congressman Adam Schiff and 18 other House Democrats on Tuesday sent a letter to the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security that encourages them to make the “X” gender marker available for all U.S. passport applications and Trusted Travelers programs.

Jesse Collins has been named showrunner and executive producer of the 80th Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, dick clark productions and NBC announced Tuesday. “We are thrilled to have Jesse produce the historic 80th Golden Globes. His record of success puts him among the premier producers of live television events and we are looking forward to his ideas for capturing the excitement of the ‘Party of the Year’ in Beverly Hills,” Helen Hoehne, president of the HFPA, said in a statement.Dionne Harmon, the president of Jesse Collins Entertainment, is also an executive producer.

ABOVE: One of my readers alerts me to this guy, who is a principal. If I showed you any of my former principals, you would not have thoughts of breaking rules in order to earn a trip to the office.

Award-winning documentarian and activist Angelo Louw was the target of a homophobic group of men

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more than 79,000 community meetings between February and April to discuss some of the proposed changes, and amended some of its provisions based on community feedback, reports The Associated Press.Cuba’s National Assembly passed the revised code in July before sending it to the voters for final approval.While there are no independent observers of Cuban elections, Reuters reports that scattered local reports of district counts on social media appeared to align with official tallies. The approval of the code marks a significant shift with respect to both the government’s support for LGBTQ rights, and general attitudes towards homosexuality among Cubans.In the early 1960s, after former dictator Fidel Castro took power, many gay people were fired from their jobs and sent to labor camps known as Military Units to Aid Production, reports the Miami Herald.Although homosexuality was later legalized in 1979, many gay men and women reported experiencing discrimination in their daily lives.

Whitman-Walker Health, which provides medical as well as legal services for the D.C.-area LGBTQ community, was among 25 community-based organizations to receive a grant from the D.C. government earlier this month to provide legal support for immigrants.

As Archive Activists, we eagerly awaited this year’s opening of Republican campaign consultant Arthur J. Finkelstein’s papers at the Library of Congress. Donated by Finkelstein’s husband, evidently to cement the man’s political legacy, the Finkelstein papers are loaded with the ideas and words of his candidates who attacked homosexuals to court the voters who fear them. Finkelstein pioneered the slash-and-burn campaigns of the 1980s, working for clients including Sens. Jesse Helms (N.C.), Bob Smith (N.H.), Don Nickles (Okla.), and Lauch Faircloth (N.C.) — senators who formed the core opposition to gay and lesbian-related legislation in the day. We recall when Sen. Nickles, in 1998 the Senate’s second-ranking Republican, declared Ambassador James Hormel unqualified to be named an ambassador because anyone who promotes “immoral behavior” should not represent the U.S.

Of all the wild right-wing campaign stumpers out there, this Texan “prophet” might just take the (allegedly anointed) cake.Trump-loving Pennsylvania gubernatorial hopeful Doug Mastriano has brought Christ-shyster Lance Wallnau to help sell his candidacy, and it’s a partnership made in their particular version of heaven.As reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer, this evangelist’s questionable record has it all: accusing the Women’s March of manifesting “the spirit of Jezebel”, hocking $45 “prayer coins” of Donald Trump‘s face with Jim Bakker, hailing Biden as the “antichrist”… we could go all day.Wallnau was the speaker at a recent Mastriano rally who notably led the audience in an uncomfortably familiar right-hand salute.He calls for a “new birth of liberty” to a crowd of raised arms:PA MAGA Gov nominee Doug Mastriano rally: “Put your right hand in the air … America will have a new birth of liberty.” pic.twitter.com/UfcLDNoJD4— Ron Filipkowski

EXCLUSIVE: K.C. Collins (Lost Girl) has been tapped for a key recurring role opposite Oliver Hudson on the upcoming second season of Fox’s The Cleaning Lady.

A brand new queer club is hitting the Dublin scene this weekend. TENDER aims to bring queers and LGBTQ+ allies together through the shared space on the dance floor.  TENDER will launch this Friday, September 30 in the Racket Space beneath the Bernard Shaw in Phibsboro. One of the night’s creators, Andrew Shannon, explained the […]

Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins has been tapped as showrunner and executive producer of the 80th Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, dick clark productions and NBC announced Tuesday. Jesse Collins Entertainment president Dionne Harmon also will serve as an executive producer of the show that will air live coast-to-coast from the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, January 10 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT on NBC and Peacock.

The new series about one of America’s more notorious serial killers has stoked plenty of criticism.

Brent Lang Executive Editor “Bros” is another R-rated, envelope-pushing look at a man in a state of arrested development from Nicholas Stoller. It’s the kind of look at male neurosis, usually the kind of mania the pops up a decade shy of mid-life crisis time, that has been the director’s stock in trade in comedies like “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Get Him to the Greek” and “Neighbors.” But this film has an important twist. It has an entirely LGBTQ cast and centers on two gay men with serious commitment issues — a stretch for Stoller, who is heterosexual. So he turned to Billy Eichner, who he knew from working together on “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” and “Friends From College,” to help him fashion an authentically queer “meet cute.” “Bros,” the culmination of a multi-year writing process that Stoller likens to therapy (“making a movie like this is a lot like ‘Prince of Tides,’ he says). When it debuts on Friday, “Bros” will make history as the first major studio LGBTQ rom-com to open exclusively in theaters.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The rebirth of the Golden Globes has found its showrunner. Jesse Collins, who just won an Emmy earlier this month as the producer behind “The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent,” has signed on to executive produce and showrun the 2023 Golden Globes as it returns to NBC in January. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, NBC and telecast producer Dick Clark Prods. announced on Tuesday that Collins would be at the helm as the Globes airs its 80th edition on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. ET. The Globes will continue to take place at its longtime home inside the Beverly Hilton ballroom.

Most who heard England native Labi Siffre’s love songs back in the ’70s had no idea he wasn’t singing about women. Even fewer knew he was singing about future husband Peter Lloyd, who he’d met nearly a decade prior.The singer’s folksy stylings on 1972 work Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying earned him a handful of well-charting songs in the UK.

(CNN) — Dustin Lance Black revealed that he is recovering from a "serious head injury" that the Oscar-winning writer experienced about a month ago.In an Instagram post on Monday, Black did not share how he sustained his injury but said it put him "out of commission.""So I vanished for a while... A month ago I sustained a serious head injury that put me out of commission," Black wrote. "Showing little improvement, my doctors ordered me to shut off my brain in hopes of it healing.

A school board in Oregon heard complaints from district residents who objected to the hiring of a nonbinary teacher at a local elementary school.The Mail Tribune reported the unnamed teacher was hired to teach first graders at Griffin Creek Elementary School in Medford this year, but the school board has been inundated with concerns from residents who objected to the hiring.Medford School Board chair Suzanne Messer opened the meeting held earlier this month at North Medford High School by acknowledging the concerns of the parents while advising them district policy prevents discussion of specific teacher complaints at school board meetings.While residents did not reference the teacher by name directly, it was clear the teacher was the main topic of discussion for many in attendance.“Placing a nonbinary teacher into a first-grade class is in line with that policy only because it is vague,” said Tanner Fairrington, a district resident whose children are home-schooled. “First graders are very early in their development, and I believe that exposure to the complexity of preferred pronouns and gender roles is not appropriate for this age group.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reflected on her record of support for the LGBTQ community and pledged to continue that support if elected to a third term as mayor during an appearance Monday night before the Capital Stonewall Democrats, the city’s largest local LGBTQ political group.

Miss Putin! We’re on to you.”Related: Leslie Jordan and Megan Mullally reunite for a Will & Grace moment  A post shared by Leslie Jordan (@thelesliejordan)During Putin’s time in power, Russia introduced an anti-gay propaganda law that prohibits the promotion of anything deemed non-traditional (i.e. LGBTQ) to minors.

On Tuesday, September 27, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe delivered the Budget for 2023 to the Dáil. Among the key takeaways is the news that In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) will be publicly funded, and that the offer of free contraception will be extended to women* up to the age of 30, and for 16-year-olds. It […]

GEMMA Collins and Rami Hawash put on a loved-up display as they enjoyed a day at the beach during their holiday to Mykonos. The GC, 41, looked every inch the star while relaxing in a pink Dior swimsuit and a pink visor.

Nine months after being freed from her father’s conservatorship, Britney Spears made her musical comeback in an epic collaboration with Sir Elton John. Their new single, ‘Hold Me Closer’, is out on streaming sites today, August 26. Rumours about a potential collab between Britney Spears and Elton John surfaced earlier in July after it was […]