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Destinee LaShaee, the first transgender star of My 600-Lb. Life, who also went by Matthew Ventress, has sadly passed away.

Craig Shubert is probably not a politician on most people’s radar. But the Republican mayor of Hudson, Ohio (pop.

Poet, performance artist, politician and ground breaker. For Andrea Jenkins, the first Black transgender American to lead a city council, all roles rest on her lifelong quest for justice.

scored a personal best with an emotional performance to music from Schindler's List. Chen put on what some have called a "figure skating master class" to a medley of Elton John songs including "Rocketman." The 22-year-old, who is known as the "quad king" for his quadruple jumps, is now the first America since 2010 to win a men's figure skating gold medal.In the program, he landed five quad jumps. "Congratulations Nathan Chen for winning Gold skating to Rocket Man in the free skate finals in Beijing," John tweeted after the win.Chen is the seventh American to win gold for the men's singles title.In July 2021, Chen apologized for remarks he made calling figure skating calling it a "homosexual-dominated sport."“I recently did an interview where I was asked if people ever ask me why I don’t play hockey because of the connotation that skating is quote-unquote feminine and hockey is quote-unquote masculine," he said in a video posted to Twitter.

video, recorded at the book burning and uploaded to YouTube, showing the couple’s antics.The book burning, held on Feb. 2, was organized by Greg Locke, an anti-LGBTQ, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and Trump-supporting Christian nationalist who serves as pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Locke called for the event in order to “purge ‘demonic influences’ from the homes of his parishioners, reports Nashville Scene.

remind yourself how very single you are celebrate love in all it’s forms than read Queerty’s official LGBTQ Valentine’s Day Gift Guide?But we’re not here to share just any gift guide… god knows, we’ve seen enough flowers and heart shaped chocolates to last us a lifetime! Instead, we’re pushing ourselves to think outside the box, and present you with all the quirky, queer gifts that would be great for yourself, a lover, or a FWB this Valentine’s Day. After all, February 14 is just around the corner…In this house on Valentine’s Day, we don’t just drink wine, we drink GAY wine… and House Wine’s award-winning Rainbow Rosé Bubbles is pretty gay.

Ever After (think The Bachelor meets Disney) is the talent handler of “Prince Charming,” Charlie Winshaw, a tech wunderkind hiding a few secrets of his own. While working together, Dev and Charlie develop a growing attraction to each other, a development that could spell disaster for both of their professional lives. Come for the drama.

30-minute video chat with gay, former rugby player Gareth Thomas.The Welsh sporting legend publicly revealed he was living with HIV in 2019 after tabloid newspapers threatened to out him.During the video chat, the Prince urged people to “go and get a test” and to “know your status”Prince Harry described himself as “a typical guy” who just wants to “fix things”, and said he feels an “obligation” to try to continue his late mother’s bid to remove stigma surrounding the virusRelated: Gay former British soldier says Prince Harry protected him from homophobic abuseHis mom, the late Princess Diana, famously visited AIDS wards in the 1980s and made headlines for holding the hands of gay men who were ill with the virus. At the time, this simple gesture helped tackle some of the stigma faced by those living with HIV.“I could never fill her shoes, especially in this particular space,” Harry said, “but because of what she did and what she stood for and how vocal she was about this issue… it’s a converging of all these different pieces.”“There’s a way out of it, and if there’s a way out of it and we know there’s a solution, I’m like a typical guy.

In the city of Toulouse in southern France, a court of appeal recognised the right of a Trans woman to be legally considered as the mother of her child. The child was conceived after the woman’s legal gender was recognised.  Since 2016, the law in France allows Transgender individuals to change their legal gender without […]

A Republican candidate for the Texas House of Representatives while promoting “school choice” cited her time as a school teacher, saying transgender students made her uncomfortable. At a candidate forum, Shelly Luther told the audience she was upset that she was not allowed to let other students laugh at their transgender peers.

Nancy Pelosi using capitol police as “pawns” and sending them to the offices of Representatives to “investigate” them.“Not only do we have the D.C. jail, which is the D.C.

On February 8, 2022, as a part of Safer Internet Day, social media giant TikTok announced changes to its community guidelines which sees an array of anti-LGBTQ+ content being banned on the app. As a result of the updates, deadnaming and misgendering are officially prohibited, as too is content that “supports or promotes conversion therapy […]

The Apprentice star Ryan-Mark Parsons has revealed how coming out as gay caused a rift with his family, admitting that he hasn't heard from them in "two years".The youngest-ever Apprentice contestant, 21, who is appearing on Celebs Go Dating soon in a bid to find love, made the revelation in a new interview, branding the incident as "traumatic" and he has since shared the impact it had on his relationship with his family.The star claims that his family found out about his sexuality after gossip between his Apprentice co-stars got back to them before he had a chance to break the news.Ryan-Mark realised he was gay when he was 15 but hadn't confided in his family, only close friends.However, he admitted to telling his Apprentice co-stars in 2019, when he appeared on the show, before claiming that one of them "leaked" the news.Speaking about the incident, he said: "The whole thing left me feeling despondent, deflated and it left me and my family traumatised.”It was only when the show aired later that year, that Ryan-Mark realised that his family had found out about his sexuality.Describing a phone call with his mum, the star said he "could just tell something was wrong".He explained: "She was distant and was giving me short answers."We are so close and I quickly realised that what I had said in confidence on the show had filtered out through social media to my family."They knew I was gay before I had a chance to tell them on my own terms," he added.Addressing the situation, Ryan-Mark told how he didn't deny his sexuality to his "staunch Roman Catholic" family, branding it a "traumatic" experience.He believed that his family was "in shock" after hearing the news secondhand, before adding that his mum was at first "in

Move over Kim Kardashian, because according to TikTok, the future of contouring involves painting rainbow-shaped lines on our faces to get a perfectly “snatched” look. Unlike the traditional contouring technique, “rainbow contouring” requires you to draw stripes of cream blush, bronzer and concealer across your cheekbones, forehead, jawline and chin.

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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.